--- title: mum's chatting, i need to ask something, not urgent — Manners and kindness · tree and pragmatics description: mum's chatting, i need to ask something, not urgent Test 12 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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · Manners and kindness mum's chatting, i need to ask something, not urgent **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** chatting · **What happens:** need, ask · **To what, where:** something This is test 12 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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/51-manners-and-kindness/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t12:1 # text = mum's chatting, i need to ask something, not urgent 1 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 chatting chatting NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 urgent urgent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | mum's chatting | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | mum's chatting *not said here* | something | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient | 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} Wait for a pause and say excuse me ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t12:o1:1 # text = Wait for a pause and say excuse me 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pause pause NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 excuse excuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for a pause | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **excuse** | present | you *not said here* | me | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pull her arm hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t12:o2:1 # text = Pull her arm hard 1 Pull pull VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | imperative | you *not said here* | her arm | | | | hard *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Keep talking louder and louder until she stops ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t12:o3:1 # text = Keep talking louder and louder until she stops 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 nsubj _ _ 3 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 parataxis _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ 6 until until SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stop** | present | she | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Shout over her ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t12:o4:1 # text = Shout over her 1 Shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 over over ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | over her *= she* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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