--- title: Identify the principal message conveyed by interrupting a speaker. — Manners and kindness · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal message conveyed by interrupting a speaker. Exam question 3 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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/51-manners-and-kindness/e3/) [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/) / [Manners and kindness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/51-manners-and-kindness/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Manners and kindness Identify the principal message conveyed by interrupting a speaker. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, convey, interrupt · **To what, where:** principal message, speaker This is exam question 3 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/51-manners-and-kindness/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:e3:1 # text = Identify the principal message conveyed by interrupting a speaker. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 interrupting interrupt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal message | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent message=Theme | | 2 | **convey** | participle | | the principal message *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **interrupt** | gerund | | a speaker | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} That what the speaker says is of no importance to the listener ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:e3:o1:1 # text = That what the speaker says is of no importance to the listener 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 importance importance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 listener listener NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the speaker | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | That | | | | | of no importance; to the listener | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} That the listener agrees entirely ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:e3:o2:1 # text = That the listener agrees entirely 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 listener listener NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 agrees agree VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | that listener | | | | | entirely *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} That the listener is especially polite ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:e3:o3:1 # text = That the listener is especially polite 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 listener listener NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 especially especially ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that listener | | | | | especially, polite *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} That the speaker should speak more loudly and more slowly so as to be understood ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:e3:o4:1 # text = That the speaker should speak more loudly and more slowly so as to be understood 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 7 conj _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 understood understand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | should | that speaker | | | | | loudly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **understand** | to-infinitive · passive | that speaker *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V» | **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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