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title: hes coughing loads on his crisp, cant talk tho now, cant breathe — Food, drinks and feeling ill · tree and pragmatics
description: hes coughing loads on his crisp, cant talk tho now, cant breathe Test 12 · ★ of lesson 81 «Food, drinks and feeling ill» 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.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Food, drinks and feeling ill

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hes coughing loads on his crisp, cant talk tho now, cant breathe

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hes, his · **What happens:** cough, breathe, talk · **To what, where:** loads, crisp cant talk

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 81 «Food, drinks and feeling ill» 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/81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:t12:1
# text = hes coughing loads on his crisp, cant talk tho now, cant breathe
1	hes	he	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
2	coughing	cough	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
6	crisp	crisp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	cant	cant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	tho	though	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	cant	cant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
14	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cough** | gerund | hes and cant *not said here* | loads |  | his crisp cant talk |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent load=Theme on talk=Destination |
| 2 | **breathe** | infinitive | hes and cant |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **talk** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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Give him water to wash it down quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:t12:o1:1
# text = Give him water to wash it down quick
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	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	quick	quick	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | water | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient water=Theme |
| 2 | **wash down** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | water |  |  |  | quick *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wait, he will cough it up soon, just give it a minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:t12:o2:1
# text = Wait, he will cough it up soon, just give it a minute
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cough	cough	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cough up** | future | he | it |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **give** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  | minute |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Let him lie down and rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:t12:o3:1
# text = Let him lie down and rest
1	Let	let	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	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie down** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **rest** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shout for an adult and call the emergency number

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill:t12:o4:1
# text = Shout for an adult and call the emergency number
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a adult | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the emergency number |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient |

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