--- title: puppy's chewing everything cos nobody walks him — A pet is a responsibility · tree and pragmatics description: puppy's chewing everything cos nobody walks him Test 15 · ★ of lesson 65 «A pet is a responsibility» 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/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/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/) / [A pet is a responsibility](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility puppy's chewing everything cos nobody walks him **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nobody · **What happens:** chew, walk · **To what, where:** everything, puppy This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 65 «A pet is a responsibility» 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/65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t15:1 # text = puppy's chewing everything cos nobody walks him 1 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 chewing chew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 5 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 7 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chew** | gerund | | everything | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | | 2 | **walk** | present | nobody | puppy | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent | 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} Shut him in a small room on his own all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t15:o1:1 # text = Shut him in a small room on his own all day 1 Shut shut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obl _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | a small room | day | on his own | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Give him away tomorrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t15:o2:1 # text = Give him away tomorrow 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | tomorrow | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He needs walks and play, ask the family to share it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t15:o3:1 # text = He needs walks and play, ask the family to share it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 walks walk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | He | walks and play | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot walk=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | | the family | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent family=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **share** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the family *not said here* | family | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Just shout at him really loud every time he chews stuff ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:65-a-pet-is-a-responsibility:t15:o4:1 # text = Just shout at him really loud every time he chews stuff 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 loud loud ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 chews chew VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 11 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | at him *= he*; loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **chew** | present | he | stuff | | | time | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient | **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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