--- title: Dad: «police again and the phone's gone for a month». What's he tryi… — When the police come · tree and pragmatics description: Dad: «police again and the phone's gone for a month». What's he trying to do? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 384 «When the police come» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/384-when-the-police-come/t7/) [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/) / [When the police come](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/384-when-the-police-come/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · When the police come Dad: «police again and the phone's gone for a month». What's he trying to do? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** police, phone · **What happens:** go, try, do This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 384 «When the police come» 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/384-when-the-police-come/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad: «police again and the phone's gone for a month». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t7:1 # text = Dad: «police again and the phone's gone for a month». 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 appos _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present · passive | police | | | | again; month | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* What's he trying to do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t7:2 # text = What's he trying to do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · progressive | phone | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | phone *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Punish her for nothing at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t7:o1:1 # text = Punish her for nothing at all 1 Punish punish 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 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 1 obl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **punish** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | all | | for nothing | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Patient for nothing=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Stop her going out with friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t7:o2:1 # text = Stop her going out with friends 1 Stop stop 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 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go out** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | with friends; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with friend=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Make sure Maddie stays out of fights ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t7:o3:1 # text = Make sure Maddie stays out of fights 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 Maddie Maddie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 fights fight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **stay out** | present | Maddie | fights | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme fight=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Get himself a new phone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:384-when-the-police-come:t7:o4:1 # text = Get himself a new phone 1 Get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | himself *= he* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary phone=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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