--- title: Elin says, «if I cry about Mam, Dad'll be sad, so I won't». What wou… — When a parent has died · tree and pragmatics description: Elin says, «if I cry about Mam, Dad'll be sad, so I won't». What would Dad most likely say? 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What would Dad most likely say? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Elin, Dad · **What happens:** say, cry, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 518 «When a parent has died» 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/518-when-a-parent-has-died/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Elin says, «if I cry about Mam, Dad'll be sad, so I won't». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t11:1 # text = Elin says, «if I cry about Mam, Dad'll be sad, so I won't». 1 Elin Elin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 cry cry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Mam Mam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 » » PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Elin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Elin | | | | | about Mam | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about mam=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | future | Dad | | | | | sad *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 would Dad most likely say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t11:2 # text = What would Dad most likely say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 likely likely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | Dad | | | | | likely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, never cry at home ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t11:o1:1 # text = Yes, never cry at home 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 cry cry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | home | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} We can be sad together ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t11:o2:1 # text = We can be sad together 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 together together ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | can | We | | | | | sad, together *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only cry at school then ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t11:o3:1 # text = Only cry at school then 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 cry cry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | school | then | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at school=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Crying is for babies ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t11:o4:1 # text = Crying is for babies 1 Crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | for Crying babies | 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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