--- title: been sad every day for weeks, not gonna tell anyone — Worry and sadness · tree and pragmatics description: been sad every day for weeks, not gonna tell anyone Test 15 · ★ of lesson 91 «Worry and sadness» 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/91-worry-and-sadness/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/) / [Worry and sadness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★ · Worry and sadness been sad every day for weeks, not gonna tell anyone **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, not tell · **To what, where:** anyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 91 «Worry and sadness» 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/91-worry-and-sadness/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:t15:1 # text = been sad every day for weeks, not gonna tell anyone 1 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 cop _ _ 2 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 10 dep _ _ 10 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 11 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | participle | | | | | day; week | sad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | anyone | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Tell a trusted adult, they can help it get better ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:t15:o1:1 # text = Tell a trusted adult, they can help it get better 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a trusted adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 2 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **help** | can | they | adult | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 4 | **get** | infinitive | adult *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only tell your pet ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:t15:o2:1 # text = Only tell your pet 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | your pet | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pet=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pretend to be happy forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:t15:o3:1 # text = Pretend to be happy forever 1 Pretend pretend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 forever forever ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | forever, happy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Keep it in, sadness always goes away on its own if u wait ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:t15:o4:1 # text = Keep it in, sadness always goes away on its own if u wait 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 sadness sadness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wait wait VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep in** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **go away** | present | sadness | | | sadness's own | | always, away *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on own=Location | | 3 | **wait** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | u | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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