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title: kids say the new boy "talks funny, he's from nowhere". pass it on? — Saying no honestly, harmful lies, chea… · tree and pragmatics
description: kids say the new boy "talks funny, he's from nowhere". pass it on? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 333 «Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and tests, jokes and teasing» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 15 · ★ · Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and te…

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kids say the new boy "talks funny, he's from nowhere". pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids, new boy, boy · **What happens:** say, talk, be, pass on · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 333 «Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and tests, jokes and teasing» 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/333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t15:1
# text = kids say the new boy "talks funny, he's from nowhere". pass it on?
1	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
8	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
16	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **talk** *in a quote* | present | the new boy |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | boy |  |  |  |  | nowhere *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **pass on** | infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, it's just a joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t15:o1:1
# text = Yes, it's just a joke
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and copy his accent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t15:o2:1
# text = Yes, and copy his accent
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | imperative | you *not said here* | his accent |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Theme |
| 2 | **accent** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he talks funny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t15:o3:1
# text = Yes, he talks funny
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | he |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, speaking more than one language is a skill; don't mock it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:333-saying-no-honestly-harmful-lies-cheating-jokes-and-teasing:t15:o4:1
# text = No, speaking more than one language is a skill; don't mock it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	6	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	mock	mock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  | one language |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | speaking | a skill |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **mock** | infinitive · do-support | speaking *not said here* | language |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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