--- title: Your friend carries his heavy backpack on one shoulder every day. Wh… — Lifting and carrying heavy things · tree and pragmatics description: Your friend carries his heavy backpack on one shoulder every day. What might happen? Test 5 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 right. --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · Lifting and carrying heavy things Your friend carries his heavy backpack on one shoulder every day. What might happen? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** carry, happen · **To what, where:** heavy backpack, one shoulder This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your friend carries his heavy backpack on one shoulder every day. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t5:1 # text = Your friend carries his heavy backpack on one shoulder every day. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 backpack backpack NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present | Your friend | friend's heavy backpack | | one shoulder | day | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backpack=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What might happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t5:2 # text = What might happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | might | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He will grow taller on that side than the other ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t5:o1:1 # text = He will grow taller on that side than the other 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | future | He | | | that side | | than the other; tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} His shoulder and back may start to hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t5:o2:1 # text = His shoulder and back may start to hurt 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | may | His shoulder and back | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **hurt** | to-infinitive | His shoulder and back *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} His bag will get lighter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t5:o3:1 # text = His bag will get lighter 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | future | His bag | | | | | light *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing ever happens ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:3-lifting-and-carrying:t5:o4:1 # text = Nothing ever happens 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 advmod _ _ 3 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | Nothing | | | | ever | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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