--- title: Dylan says "In 'You must stop', there is only one verb." What's true? — Verbs: doing words and being words · tree and pragmatics description: Dylan says "In 'You must stop', there is only one verb." What's true? Test 7 of lesson 3 «Verbs: doing words and being words» of the language 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/language/3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words/t7/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Verbs: doing words and being words](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words/) / t7 # Test 7 · Verbs: doing words and being words Dylan says "In 'You must stop', there is only one verb." What's true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dylan, You, one verb · **What happens:** say, stop, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 of lesson 3 «Verbs: doing words and being words» of the language 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/language/3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dylan says "In 'You must stop', there is only one verb." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t7:1 # text = Dylan says "In 'You must stop', there is only one verb." 1 Dylan Dylan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 In in SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 11 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 12 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dylan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stop** *in a quote* | must | You | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | present | one verb | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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's true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t7:2 # text = What's true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} There is no verb at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t7:o1:1 # text = There is no verb at all 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | no verb at all | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Must is a helping verb and stop is the main verb ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t7:o2:1 # text = Must is a helping verb and stop is the main verb 1 Must must NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 helping helping NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Must | a helping verb and the main verb | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | stop | the main verb | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} You is the main verb ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t7:o3:1 # text = You is the main verb 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | You | the main verb | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Must is a noun ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t7:o4:1 # text = Must is a noun 1 Must must NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 noun noun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Must | a noun | | | | | 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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