--- title: «oi stop flicking my ear» — he does it again. what next? — How to say stop · tree and pragmatics description: «oi stop flicking my ear» — he does it again. what next? Test 1 of lesson 388 «How to say stop» 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/388-how-to-say-stop/t1/) [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/) / [How to say stop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/388-how-to-say-stop/) / t1 # Test 1 · How to say stop «oi stop flicking my ear» — he does it again. what next? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** oi, he · **What happens:** stop, flick, do · **To what, where:** ear This is test 1 of lesson 388 «How to say stop» 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/388-how-to-say-stop/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t1:1 # text = «oi stop flicking my ear» — he does it again. what next? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 oi oi NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 flicking flick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 — - PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 parataxis _ _ 15 next next ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | present | oi | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **flick** *in a quote* | gerund | oi *not said here* | my ear | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme | | 3 | **do** | present | he | ear | | | again | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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} Pretend it doesn't hurt one bit ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t1:o1:1 # text = Pretend it doesn't hurt one bit 1 Pretend pretend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **hurt** | present · do-support | it | one bit | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Let him, he'll get bored soon ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t1:o2:1 # text = Let him, he'll get bored soon 1 Let let 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 7 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **get** | future | he | | | | | bored, soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Move away and tell a teacher ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t1:o3:1 # text = Move away and tell a teacher 1 Move move 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a teacher | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Flick him back, but a lot harder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t1:o4:1 # text = Flick him back, but a lot harder 1 Flick flick 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 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flick back** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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