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title: "He's knackered, leave him" — but the man on the grass isn't breathi… — Heart and lungs when you run · tree and pragmatics
description: "He's knackered, leave him" — but the man on the grass isn't breathing normally. What now? Test 8 of lesson 36 «Heart and lungs when you run» 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · Heart and lungs when you run

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"He's knackered, leave him" — but the man on the grass isn't breathing normally. What now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** knacker, leave, not breathe · **To what, where:** He, him

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This is test 8 of lesson 36 «Heart and lungs when you run» 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/36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "He's knackered, leave him" — but the man on the grass isn't breathing normally.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run:t8:1
# text = "He's knackered, leave him" — but the man on the grass isn't breathing normally.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	knackered	knacker	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	breathing	breathe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
19	normally	normally	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knacker** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **breathe** | present · progressive | the man on the grass |  |  |  |  | normally *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run:t8:2
# text = What now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wait twenty minutes to see if he wakes, then call

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run:t8:o1:1
# text = Wait twenty minutes to see if he wakes, then call
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wakes	wake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | minute |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **wake** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **call** | infinitive |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leave him, he's only tired from the run, he'll be fine

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run:t8:o2:1
# text = Leave him, he's only tired from the run, he'll be fine
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	parataxis	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  | the run |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | future | he |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shake him hard until he wakes up again by himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run:t8:o3:1
# text = Shake him hard until he wakes up again by himself
1	Shake	shake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wakes	wake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **wake up** | present | he |  |  |  | again | by himself *= he* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It's an emergency: 999 and a defibrillator

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:36-heart-and-lungs-when-you-run:t8:o4:1
# text = It's an emergency: 999 and a defibrillator
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	999	999	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	appos	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	defibrillator	defibrillator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a emergency |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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