--- title: Lily's ponytail gets yanked AGAIN. Her friend says «just smack him».… — Walking away · tree and pragmatics description: Lily's ponytail gets yanked AGAIN. Her friend says «just smack him». What's wiser? Test 6 of lesson 371 «Walking away» 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/371-walking-away/t6/) [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/) / [Walking away](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/371-walking-away/) / t6 # Test 6 · Walking away Lily's ponytail gets yanked AGAIN. Her friend says «just smack him». What's wiser? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** yank, say, smack, be · **To what, where:** ponytail, friend · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 of lesson 371 «Walking away» 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/371-walking-away/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Lily's ponytail gets yanked AGAIN. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t6:1 # text = Lily's ponytail gets yanked AGAIN. 1 Lily Lily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 ponytail ponytail NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 gets get AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 yanked yank VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 AGAIN again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yank** | present · passive | | Lily's ponytail | | | again | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | 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:* Her friend says «just smack him». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t6:2 # text = Her friend says «just smack him». 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 smack smack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ponytail's friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **smack** *in a quote* | infinitive | | friend | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | *Sentence 3:* What's wiser? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t6:3 # text = What's wiser? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wiser wise ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Smack him hard so he learns ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t6:o1:1 # text = Smack him hard so he learns 1 Smack smack VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 learns learn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smack** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | hard *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **learn** | present | he | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pull his hair back twice as hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t6:o2:1 # text = Pull his hair back twice as hard 1 Pull pull VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 advmod _ _ 6 as as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull back** | imperative | you *not said here* | his hair | | | | hard, twice *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cut her hair short ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t6:o3:1 # text = Cut her hair short 1 Cut cut 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 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* | her hair | | | | short *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hair=Product | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Walk away and tell the duty teacher ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t6:o4:1 # text = Walk away and tell the duty teacher 1 Walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | the duty teacher | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | **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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