--- title: Why does a coach want to know beforehand that a player will be away? — Rackets, running with things in your m… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a coach want to know beforehand that a player will be away? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 328 «Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or soccer, offside, goals, sledding, practice and shared gear» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/t9/) [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/) / [Rackets, running with things in your m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or so… Why does a coach want to know beforehand that a player will be away? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** player · **What happens:** want, know, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 328 «Rackets, running with things in your mouth, football or soccer, offside, goals, sledding, practice and shared gear» 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/328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t9:1 # text = Why does a coach want to know beforehand that a player will be away? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 beforehand beforehand SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present · do-support | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | future | a player | | | | | away *property* | tree rules | 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} To choose a new captain every time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t9:o1:1 # text = To choose a new captain every time 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 choose choose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | to-infinitive | | a new captain | | | time | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captain=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} To give the player extra homework ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t9:o2:1 # text = To give the player extra homework 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | to-infinitive | | the player | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent player=Recipient homework=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} To tell the other players off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t9:o3:1 # text = To tell the other players off 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 players player NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 off off ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | the other players | | | | off *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent player=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} To plan the team around who is there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:328-rackets-running-football-names-goals-sledding-and-practice:t9:o4:1 # text = To plan the team around who is there 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 plan plan VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 around around ADP IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan** | to-infinitive | | the team | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «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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