--- title: You tense every muscle and hold your breath for the jab. Good idea? — Needles and brave faces · tree and pragmatics description: You tense every muscle and hold your breath for the jab. Good idea? Test 9 of lesson 32 «Needles and brave faces» of the medicine 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/medicine/32-needles-and-brave-faces/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/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/) / [Needles and brave faces](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/32-needles-and-brave-faces/) / t9 # Test 9 · Needles and brave faces You tense every muscle and hold your breath for the jab. Good idea? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** tense, hold · **To what, where:** muscle, breath This is test 9 of lesson 32 «Needles and brave faces» of the medicine 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/medicine/32-needles-and-brave-faces/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You tense every muscle and hold your breath for the jab. ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t9:1 # text = You tense every muscle and hold your breath for the jab. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tense tense VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 muscle muscle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 jab jab NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tense** | present | You | every muscle | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent muscle=Patient | | 2 | **hold** | infinitive | You *not said here* | your breath | | | | for the jab | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=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:* Good idea? ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t9:2 # text = Good idea? 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It makes no difference ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t9:o1:1 # text = It makes no difference 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | no difference | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material difference=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, a tight muscle makes the needle bounce off ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t9:o2:1 # text = Yes, a tight muscle makes the needle bounce off 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 muscle muscle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 bounce bounce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | a tight muscle | the needle | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset needle=Product | | 2 | **bounce off** | present | a tight muscle *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, slow breathing and a loose arm usually hurts less ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t9:o3:1 # text = No, slow breathing and a loose arm usually hurts less 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 breathing breathing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 9 usually usually ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 hurts hurt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | present | slow breathing and a loose arm | | | | | less, usually *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, it blocks pain ```conllu # sent_id = question:medicine:32-needles-and-brave-faces:t9:o4:1 # text = Yes, it blocks pain 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 blocks block VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **block** | present | it | pain | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer pain=Theme | **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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