--- title: grandad died n i can't stop thinking about it — Moving, new schools, change and grief · tree and pragmatics description: grandad died n i can't stop thinking about it Test 16 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» 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/97-moving-change-and-grief/t16/) [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/) / [Moving, new schools, change and grief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/97-moving-change-and-grief/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★★ · Moving, new schools, change and grief grandad died n i can't stop thinking about it **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandad, i · **What happens:** die, not stop, think This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» 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/97-moving-change-and-grief/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t16:1 # text = grandad died n i can't stop thinking about it 1 grandad grandad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 n and CCONJ CC Abbr=Yes 7 cc _ _ 4 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 8 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | grandad | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **not** **stop** | can | i | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | i *not said here* | | | | | about it | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | 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} Talk to someone you trust, grief gets easier with time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t16:o1:1 # text = Talk to someone you trust, grief gets easier with time 1 Talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 1 obl _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 trust trust VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 9 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 xcomp _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | to someone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to someone=Co-Agent | | 2 | **trust** | present | you | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get** | present | grief | | | | time | easy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only grown-ups feel grief ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t16:o2:1 # text = Only grown-ups feel grief 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **feel** | present | grown ups | grief | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Never talk about him again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t16:o3:1 # text = Never talk about him again 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | again | about him *= he* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about he=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Feeling this sad means something is wrong with you inside ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:97-moving-change-and-grief:t16:o4:1 # text = Feeling this sad means something is wrong with you inside 1 Feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 obj _ _ 3 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 inside inside ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | gerund | | this | | | | sad *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | Feeling | | | | | inside *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | something | | | | | with you; wrong *property* | tree rules | **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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