--- title: Aisha texts home, "She's bossing me about my coat." What does Mets t… — Clothes · tree and pragmatics description: Aisha texts home, "She's bossing me about my coat." What does Mets ton manteau ! mean? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 17 «Clothes» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/17-clothes/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/) / [Clothes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/17-clothes/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Clothes Aisha texts home, "She's bossing me about my coat." What does Mets ton manteau ! mean? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Aisha · **What happens:** text, boss, ton, mean · **To what, where:** me, manteau This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 17 «Clothes» 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/17-clothes/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Aisha texts home, "She's bossing me about my coat." ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t9:1 # text = Aisha texts home, "She's bossing me about my coat." 1 Aisha Aisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 texts text VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 bossing boss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **text** | present | Aisha | | | | | home *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **boss** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Aisha | | me | | | about my coat | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | 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 Mets ton manteau ! mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t9:2 # text = What does Mets ton manteau ! 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 Mets Mets X FW Foreign=Yes 4 dep _ _ 4 ton ton VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 manteau manteau NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 7 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ton** | present · do-support | | manteau | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Sell your coat! ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t9:o1:1 # text = Sell your coat! 1 Sell sell 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 coat coat 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 | **sell** | imperative | you *not said here* | your coat | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Your coat is dirty! ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t9:o2:1 # text = Your coat is dirty! 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Your coat | | | | | dirty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Put your coat on! ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t9:o3:1 # text = Put your coat 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 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put on** | imperative | you *not said here* | your coat | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent coat=Goal | ### Option 4 {#o4} Your coat is too big! ```conllu # sent_id = question:french:17-clothes:t9:o4:1 # text = Your coat is too big! 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Your coat | | | | | big *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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Clothes, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/17-clothes/t8/) - next →: [Clothes, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/17-clothes/t10/) - ↑ back to [Clothes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/17-clothes/)