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title: my mate says the new kid "crushed the head's hand so hard it bruised… — Manners: greeting every worker, handsh… · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says the new kid "crushed the head's hand so hard it bruised" when they shook hands. what's prob exaggerated Test 13 · ★ of lesson 323 «Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it going?», introductions, goodbyes, please and thank you, excuse me, and table manners» of the everyday 
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# Test 13 · ★ · Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it goin…

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my mate says the new kid "crushed the head's hand so hard it bruised" when they shook hands. what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, new kid, kid, they · **What happens:** say, crush, bruise, shake, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** hand, hands, prob · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 323 «Manners: greeting every worker, handshakes, «How's it going?», introductions, goodbyes, please and thank you, excuse me, and table manners» 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/323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:t13:1
# text = my mate says the new kid "crushed the head's hand so hard it bruised" when they shook hands. what's prob exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	crushed	crush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	bruised	bruise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	20	mark	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
21	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	25	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
25	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
26	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **crush** *in a quote* | past | the new kid | the head's hand |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 3 | **bruise** *in a quote* | past | kid |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **shake** | past | they | hands |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | prob *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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That heads shake hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:t13:o1:1
# text = That heads shake hands
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shake	shake	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | present | that heads | hands |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bruise; a good handshake is firm but not crushing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:t13:o2:1
# text = The bruise; a good handshake is firm but not crushing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bruise	bruise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	handshake	handshake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	crushing	crush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the bruise |  |  |  |  | firm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **crush** | gerund | the bruise *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That a handshake should be firm and look the person in the eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:t13:o3:1
# text = That a handshake should be firm and look the person in the eye
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	handshake	handshake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | should | that handshake |  |  |  |  | firm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | that handshake *not said here* | the person |  | the eye |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme person=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That handshakes exist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:323-greetings-handshakes-goodbyes-please-and-table-manners:t13:o4:1
# text = That handshakes exist
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	handshakes	handshake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | that handshakes |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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