--- title: «Howay man, divvent be daft!» What is Donna saying? — Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from… · tree and pragmatics description: «Howay man, divvent be daft!» What is Donna saying? Test 8 of lesson 482 «Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work» 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/482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work/t8/) [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/) / [Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work/) / t8 # Test 8 · Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work «Howay man, divvent be daft!» What is Donna saying? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Howay man, Donna · **What happens:** be, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 of lesson 482 «Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work» 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/482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Howay man, divvent be daft!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:t8:1 # text = «Howay man, divvent be daft!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Howay Howay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 divvent divvent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 daft daft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | Howay man and divvent | | | | | daft *property* | tree rules | 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 is Donna saying? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:t8:2 # text = What is Donna saying? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Donna Donna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | Donna | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Go away, you're daft ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:t8:o1:1 # text = Go away, you're daft 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 daft daft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | daft *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Come on, don't be silly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:t8:o2:1 # text = Come on, don't be silly 1 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come on** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | silly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Come here, you're late ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:t8:o3:1 # text = Come here, you're late 1 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Hello, how are you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:482-mums-best-friend-and-dads-mate-from-work:t8:o4:1 # text = Hello, how are you 1 Hello hello INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | you | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | **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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