--- title: little bro crossing with me, what do i do — Crossing the road · tree and pragmatics description: little bro crossing with me, what do i do Test 13 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/41-crossing-the-road/t13/) [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/) / [Crossing the road](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/41-crossing-the-road/) / t13 # Test 13 · Crossing the road little bro crossing with me, what do i do **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little bro, i · **What happens:** cross, do · **To what, where:** little bro This is test 13 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t13:1 # text = little bro crossing with me, what do i do 1 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 crossing cross VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 8 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cross** | gerund | little bro *not said here* | | | | | with me | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | present · do-support | i | little bro | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 {#o1} Push him across fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t13:o1:1 # text = Push him across fast 1 Push push 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 across across ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | across, fast *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Hold his hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t13:o2:1 # text = Hold his hand 1 Hold hold 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 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | his hand | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Let him run ahead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t13:o3:1 # text = Let him run ahead 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 _ _ 3 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | ahead *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Let him cross alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t13:o4:1 # text = Let him cross alone 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 _ _ 3 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 alone alone ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cross** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=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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