--- title: someones grabbing my arm at the park what do i do — Strangers and tricky people · tree and pragmatics description: someones grabbing my arm at the park what do i do Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/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/) / [Strangers and tricky people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Strangers and tricky people someones grabbing my arm at the park what do i do **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someones, i · **What happens:** grab, do · **To what, where:** arm, park, someones This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t12:1 # text = someones grabbing my arm at the park what do i do 1 someones someone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 grabbing grab VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 9 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | gerund | someones *not said here* | my arm | | the park | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | | 2 | **do** | present · do-support | i | someones | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 {#o1} Wait politely until he lets go ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t12:o1:1 # text = Wait politely until he lets go 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 politely politely ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 until until SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lets let VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | politely *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **let** | present | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Go with him and tell later ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t12:o2:1 # text = Go with him and tell later 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with him *= he* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | late *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stay quiet so you do not upset him or make him cross ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t12:o3:1 # text = Stay quiet so you do not upset him or make him cross 1 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 so so SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 upset upset VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | quiet *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **upset** | present · do-support | you | him *= he* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cross** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yell, pull away, run to people and tell ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t12:o4:1 # text = Yell, pull away, run to people and tell 1 Yell yell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 pull pull VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pull away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **run** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | to people *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to people=Result | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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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