--- title: little sis wants to let go of my hand by the road — Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai… · tree and pragmatics description: little sis wants to let go of my hand by the road Test 17 · ★ of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» 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/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/t17/) [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/) / [Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/) / t17 # Test 17 · ★ · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes little sis wants to let go of my hand by the road **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little sis · **What happens:** want, let, go This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» 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/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/#t17). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t17:1 # text = little sis wants to let go of my hand by the road 1 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sis sis NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | little sis | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | little sis *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | little sis *not said here* | | | | | of my hand; by the road | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of hand=Initial\_Location | 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 {#o1} Hold her coat instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t17:o1:1 # text = Hold her coat instead 1 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 instead instead ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | her coat | | | | instead *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Let her run to the corner ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t17:o2:1 # text = Let her run to the corner 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | to the corner *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to corner=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Let her walk ahead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t17:o3:1 # text = Let her walk ahead 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | ahead *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Keep holding her hand on the side away from cars ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t17:o4:1 # text = Keep holding her hand on the side away from cars 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | cars | | away *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | you *not said here* | her hand | | the side | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on side=Location | **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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