--- title: Harvey grumbles, "Does it want me to do a boot?" when his alarm says… — Telling the time · tree and pragmatics description: Harvey grumbles, "Does it want me to do a boot?" when his alarm says "Debout !" What does it mean? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Telling the time» of the French 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/french/12-telling-the-time/t9/) [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/) / [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) / [Telling the time](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/12-telling-the-time/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Telling the time Harvey grumbles, "Does it want me to do a boot?" when his alarm says "Debout !" What does it mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Harvey, it, alarm, boot · **What happens:** grumble, want, do, say, alarm, mean · **To what, where:** Harvey, boot, Debout · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Telling the time» of the French 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/french/12-telling-the-time/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Harvey grumbles, "Does it want me to do a boot?" when his alarm says "Debout !" ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t9:1 # text = Harvey grumbles, "Does it want me to do a boot?" when his alarm says "Debout !" 1 Harvey Harvey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grumbles grumble VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 boot boot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Debout Debout PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 ! ! PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | present | Harvey | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | it | Harvey | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Harvey *not said here* | a boot | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Eventuality | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Harvey's alarm | Debout | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent debout=Topic | | 5 | **alarm** | | Harvey | | | | | | nom alarm «feeling transitive»: poss=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. *Sentence 2:* What does it mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t9:2 # text = What does it mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | boot | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Put your boots on! ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t9:o1:1 # text = Put your boots on! 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | your boots | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent boot=Goal | ### Option 2 {#o2} Go back to sleep! ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t9:o2:1 # text = Go back to sleep! 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | to sleep *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to sleep=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Kick the alarm! ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t9:o3:1 # text = Kick the alarm! 1 Kick kick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kick** | imperative | you *not said here* | the alarm | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent alarm=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Get up! ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:12-telling-the-time:t9:o4:1 # text = Get up! 1 Get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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