--- title: Maddie, fists ready, boy poking her arm again. What's the move that… — How to say stop · tree and pragmatics description: Maddie, fists ready, boy poking her arm again. What's the move that keeps her out of trouble? Test 3 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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · How to say stop Maddie, fists ready, boy poking her arm again. What's the move that keeps her out of trouble? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Maddie, boy, move · **What happens:** fist, poke, be, keep · **To what, where:** boy, arm, Maddie, trouble This is test 3 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Maddie, fists ready, boy poking her arm again. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t3:1 # text = Maddie, fists ready, boy poking her arm again. 1 Maddie Maddie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 fists fist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 poking poke VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fist** | present | Maddie | boy | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **poke** | gerund | boy *not said here* | Maddie's arm | | | again | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent arm=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 the move that keeps her out of trouble? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t3:2 # text = What's the move that keeps her out of trouble? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the move | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | present | the move | Maddie | | trouble | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme out trouble=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Kick his bag across the yard ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t3:o1:1 # text = Kick his bag across the yard 1 Kick kick 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 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 across across ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | imperative | you *not said here* | his bag | | | | across the yard | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bag=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Say «stop» loud and clear ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t3:o2:1 # text = Say «stop» loud and clear 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | loud *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Poke him back twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t3:o3:1 # text = Poke him back twice 1 Poke poke 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 _ _ 4 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **poke back** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | twice *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | ### Option 4 {#o4} Shove him into the bushes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:388-how-to-say-stop:t3:o4:1 # text = Shove him into the bushes 1 Shove shove 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 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shove** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | the bushes | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme into bush=Destination | **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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