--- title: dad wants me to carry the telly to the car by myself — Lifting and carrying heavy things · tree and pragmatics description: dad wants me to carry the telly to the car by myself Test 14 of lesson 3 «Lifting and carrying heavy things» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/t14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Lifting and carrying heavy things](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/) / t14 # Test 14 · Lifting and carrying heavy things dad wants me to carry the telly to the car by myself **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, me · **What happens:** want, carry · **To what, where:** me, telly, car This is test 14 of lesson 3 «Lifting and carrying heavy things» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/3-lifting-and-carrying/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t14:1 # text = dad wants me to carry the telly to the car by myself 1 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 telly telly NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | dad | me | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | the telly | | the car | | by myself | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent telly=Theme to car=Destination | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Lift it fast with a straight back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t14:o1:1 # text = Lift it fast with a straight back 1 Lift lift VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | with a straight back; fast *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Carry it on your head to balance it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t14:o2:1 # text = Carry it on your head to balance it 1 Carry carry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 balance balance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | your head | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **balance** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | head | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Drag it across the floor on your own ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t14:o3:1 # text = Drag it across the floor on your own 1 Drag drag VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 across across ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drag** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | the floor | | on your own | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Ask for help, it is too heavy to lift alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t14:o4:1 # text = Ask for help, it is too heavy to lift alone 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 alone alone ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **lift** | to-infinitive | | | | | | alone *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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