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title: Mum says "sit up straight or you'll grow a hunchback". What's the ho… — Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum says "sit up straight or you'll grow a hunchback". What's the honest part? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules

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Mum says "sit up straight or you'll grow a hunchback". What's the honest part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, you, honest part · **What happens:** say, sit up, grow, be · **To what, where:** hunchback · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths 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/myths/27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum says "sit up straight or you'll grow a hunchback".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t8:1
# text = Mum says "sit up straight or you'll grow a hunchback".
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hunchback	hunchback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sit up** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | straight *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **grow** *in a quote* | future | you | a hunchback |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hunchback=Theme |

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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's the honest part?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t8:2
# text = What's the honest part?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Your spine will freeze bent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t8:o1:1
# text = Your spine will freeze bent
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	spine	spine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	bent	bent	PROPN	ADD	_	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | future | Your spine | bent |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient bent=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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You'll grow a hump in a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t8:o2:1
# text = You'll grow a hump in a week
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hump	hump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | future | You | a hump |  |  | week |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hump=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Sitting badly for hours can cause aches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t8:o3:1
# text = Sitting badly for hours can cause aches
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	aches	ache	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  |  | hour | badly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cause** | can | Sitting | aches |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition ache=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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There's nothing honest in that saying at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:27-everyday-sayings-and-grown-ups-rules:t8:o4:1
# text = There's nothing honest in that saying at all
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	_
7	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | nothing |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  | all |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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