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title: car's far away, it'll stop if i go — Crossing the road · tree and pragmatics
description: car's far away, it'll stop if i go Test 12 of lesson 41 «Crossing the road» 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.
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# Test 12 · Crossing the road

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car's far away, it'll stop if i go

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** car, i · **What happens:** stop, go

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This is test 12 of lesson 41 «Crossing the road» 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/41-crossing-the-road/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t12:1
# text = car's far away, it'll stop if i go
1	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | future | car |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, if you wave at the driver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, if you wave at the driver
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wave	wave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | present | you |  |  |  |  | at the driver | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at driver=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, cars stop instantly if they see you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, cars stop instantly if they see you
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | cars |  |  |  |  | instantly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | cars *= car* | you |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if it's driving slowly enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, if it's driving slowly enough
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  | enough, slowly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, cars can't stop at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t12:o4:1
# text = No, cars can't stop at once
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | can | cars |  |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location |

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