--- title: bus is packed, gonna shove to get a seat — Manners and kindness · tree and pragmatics description: bus is packed, gonna shove to get a seat Test 15 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 wrong. --- [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/t15/) [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/) / t15 # Test 15 · Manners and kindness bus is packed, gonna shove to get a seat **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** pack, shove, get · **To what, where:** bus, seat This is test 15 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t15:1 # text = bus is packed, gonna shove to get a seat 1 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 packed pack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 6 dep _ _ 6 shove shove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pack** | present · passive | | bus | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **shove** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | | a seat | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seat=Stimulus | 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 {#o1} Shove, everyone does it, that's how buses work ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t15:o1:1 # text = Shove, everyone does it, that's how buses work 1 Shove shove NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 4 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 buses bus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | everyone | Shove | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | that | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **work** | present | buses | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Wait your turn, shoving can knock someone over ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t15:o2:1 # text = Wait your turn, shoving can knock someone over 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 shoving shove VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 8 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 obj _ _ 9 over over ADV RB _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | your turn | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shove** | gerund | | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **knock over** | can | | someone | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent someone=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Push only the grown-ups ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t15:o3:1 # text = Push only the grown-ups 1 Push push VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | the grown ups | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Theme | | 2 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Push but say sorry after ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t15:o4:1 # text = Push but say sorry after 1 Push push VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 but but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent after=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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