--- title: Your grandad shouts at a Deaf neighbour to be heard. What's better? — Sign language · tree and pragmatics description: Your grandad shouts at a Deaf neighbour to be heard. What's better? Test 4 of lesson 32 «Sign language» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/32-sign-language/t4/) [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/) / [Sign language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/32-sign-language/) / t4 # Test 4 · Sign language Your grandad shouts at a Deaf neighbour to be heard. What's better? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandad · **What happens:** shout, hear, be · **To what, where:** Deaf neighbour This is test 4 of lesson 32 «Sign language» 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/32-sign-language/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your grandad shouts at a Deaf neighbour to be heard. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t4:1 # text = Your grandad shouts at a Deaf neighbour to be heard. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 grandad grandad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Deaf deaf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | Your grandad | | | a Deaf neighbour | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive · passive | Your grandad *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus» | 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 better? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t4:2 # text = What's better? 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 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Turn away and talk ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t4:o1:1 # text = Turn away and talk 1 Turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **talk** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Write very fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t4:o2:1 # text = Write very fast 1 Write write VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Shout even louder ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t4:o3:1 # text = Shout even louder 1 Shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 even even ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Face her, speak clearly, and don't shout ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:32-sign-language:t4:o4:1 # text = Face her, speak clearly, and don't shout 1 Face face VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **face** | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Destination | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | clearly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **shout** *speech: express* | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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