--- title: Big brother: «Do my chores, I'll give you my PS4.» What would stop t… — The older kid's «trade» · tree and pragmatics description: Big brother: «Do my chores, I'll give you my PS4.» What would stop the trick? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 445 «The older kid's «trade»» 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/445-the-older-kids-trade/t6/) [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/) / [The older kid's «trade»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/445-the-older-kids-trade/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · The older kid's «trade» Big brother: «Do my chores, I'll give you my PS4.» What would stop the trick? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Big brother · **What happens:** do, give, stop · **To what, where:** chores, PS4, you, trick This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 445 «The older kid's «trade»» 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/445-the-older-kids-trade/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Big brother: «Do my chores, I'll give you my PS4.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t6:1 # text = Big brother: «Do my chores, I'll give you my PS4.» 1 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 chores chore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 PS4 PS4 NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | Big brother *not said here* | my chores | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | future | Big brother | my PS4 | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient ps4=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 would stop the trick? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t6:2 # text = What would stop the trick? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | | the trick | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Asking Dad to do the chores ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t6:o1:1 # text = Asking Dad to do the chores 1 Asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 chores chore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | Dad | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the chores | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Doing the chores at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t6:o2:1 # text = Doing the chores at night 1 Doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 chores chore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | gerund | | the chores | | | night | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Doing the chores twice as fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t6:o3:1 # text = Doing the chores twice as fast 1 Doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 chores chore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 advmod _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | gerund | | the chores | | | | fast, twice *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Saying back «the whole console, yes?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:445-the-older-kids-trade:t6:o4:1 # text = Saying back «the whole console, yes?» 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 console console NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say back** *speech: assert* | gerund | | the whole console | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic | **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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