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title: my dog died yesterday and i keep crying — How pets feel and saying goodbye · tree and pragmatics
description: my dog died yesterday and i keep crying Test 14 · ★ of lesson 66 «How pets feel and saying goodbye» 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.
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# Test 14 · ★ · How pets feel and saying goodbye

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my dog died yesterday and i keep crying

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog, i · **What happens:** die, keep, cry

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 66 «How pets feel and saying goodbye» 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/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:t14:1
# text = my dog died yesterday and i keep crying
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | my dog |  |  |  | yesterday |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **keep** | present | i |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | i *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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You should be over it by now, it was only a dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:t14:o1:1
# text = You should be over it by now, it was only a dog
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	conj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | should |  |  |  | it |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | a dog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Get a new dog today so you forget about him quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:t14:o2:1
# text = Get a new dog today so you forget about him quick
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | a new dog |  |  | today |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus |
| 2 | **forget** | present | you |  |  |  |  | about dog; quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It is normal to be sad, talk about him with your family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:t14:o3:1
# text = It is normal to be sad, talk about him with your family
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **talk** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | about him *= he*; with your family | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent about he=Topic with family=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Crying means you are weak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye:t14:o4:1
# text = Crying means you are weak
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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