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title: Granny: «Don't tell yer mam about the chips, hen». A man at the park… — The granny who spoils you and the stri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Granny: «Don't tell yer mam about the chips, hen». A man at the park says: «Don't tell your mum I gave you sweets». Which secret must be told? Test 4 of lesson 512 «The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 4 · The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad

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Granny: «Don't tell yer mam about the chips, hen». A man at the park says: «Don't tell your mum I gave you sweets». Which secret must be told?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** not tell, say, give, tell · **To what, where:** mam, mum, sweets, you, secret · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 512 «The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad» 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/512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Granny: «Don't tell yer mam about the chips, hen».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t4:1
# text = Granny: «Don't tell yer mam about the chips, hen».
1	Granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	yer	yer	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mam	mam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  | yer's mam |  |  |  | about the chips and hen | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mam=Recipient about chip=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* A man at the park says: «Don't tell your mum I gave you sweets».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t4:2
# text = A man at the park says: «Don't tell your mum I gave you sweets».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	iobj	_	_
17	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a man at the park |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  |  | your mum |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **give** *in a quote* | past | a man at the park *= man* | sweets | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient sweet=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Which secret must be told?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t4:3
# text = Which secret must be told?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | must · passive |  | which secret |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both should be kept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t4:o1:1
# text = Both should be kept
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | should · passive |  | Both |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The man's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t4:o2:1
# text = The man's
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Granny's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t4:o3:1
# text = Granny's
1	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Neither should be told

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:512-the-granny-who-spoils-you-and-the-strict-grandad:t4:o4:1
# text = Neither should be told
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should · passive |  | Neither |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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