---
title: «leo froze his brother with an ice move and he's STILL a statue lol»… — Copying game moves on a little brother · tree and pragmatics
description: «leo froze his brother with an ice move and he's STILL a statue lol». Why is this fine? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 403 «Copying game moves on a little brother» 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 wr
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother/t9/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Copying game moves on a little brother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother/) / t9

# Test 9 · ★★ · Copying game moves on a little brother

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«leo froze his brother with an ice move and he's STILL a statue lol». Why is this fine?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** leo, this · **What happens:** freeze, be · **To what, where:** brother, statue

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 403 «Copying game moves on a little brother» 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/403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother/#t9).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* «leo froze his brother with an ice move and he's STILL a statue lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t9:1
# text = «leo froze his brother with an ice move and he's STILL a statue lol».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	leo	leo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	froze	freeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	STILL	still	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
16	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** *in a quote* | past | leo | leo's brother |  |  |  | with a ice move | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent brother=Patient with move=Instrument |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | leo | a statue |  |  | still |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Why is this fine?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t9:2
# text = Why is this fine?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because the brother is older and bigger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t9:o1:1
# text = Because the brother is older and bigger
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the brother |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the brother *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's make-believe with no touching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t9:o2:1
# text = It's make-believe with no touching
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	touching	touching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** |  | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with no touching | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It isn't, freezing someone really hurts them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t9:o3:1
# text = It isn't, freezing someone really hurts them
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	freezing	freeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | freeze *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | present |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because ice moves are weaker than kicks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother:t9:o4:1
# text = Because ice moves are weaker than kicks
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	moves	move	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	weaker	weak	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	kicks	kick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | ice moves |  |  |  |  | than kicks; weak *property* | tree rules |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Copying game moves on a little brother, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother/t8/)
- next →: [Copying game moves on a little brother, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother/t10/)
- ↑ back to [Copying game moves on a little brother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother/)