--- title: Archie's mum says, "Big boys cry too, love, your grandad grew up wit… — Reading people in hard times: what's r… · tree and pragmatics description: Archie's mum says, "Big boys cry too, love, your grandad grew up with different rules." What is she telling him? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mean face» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face/t10/) [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/) / [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/) / [Reading people in hard times: what's r…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mea… Archie's mum says, "Big boys cry too, love, your grandad grew up with different rules." What is she telling him? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum, Big boys, grandad · **What happens:** say, cry, grow up, tell · **To what, where:** grandad · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mean face» of the reflection 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/reflection/28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Archie's mum says, "Big boys cry too, love, your grandad grew up with different rules." ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face:t10:1 # text = Archie's mum says, "Big boys cry too, love, your grandad grew up with different rules." 1 Archie Archie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 cry cry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 grandad grandad NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Archie's mum | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present | Big boys | | | | | love *vocative* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **grow up** *in a quote* | past | your grandad | | | | | with different rules | vn appear-48.1.1 «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 is she telling him? ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face:t10:2 # text = What is she telling him? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | mum | | grandad | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Only adults are allowed to cry ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face:t10:o1:1 # text = Only adults are allowed to cry 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** | present · passive | | adults | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | adults *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Crying is not weak, whatever the old saying ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face:t10:o2:1 # text = Crying is not weak, whatever the old saying 1 Crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 saying saying NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | | | | | | weak *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Archie should never ever cry anywhere near his grandad again ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face:t10:o3:1 # text = Archie should never ever cry anywhere near his grandad again 1 Archie Archie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 5 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 7 near near ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 grandad grandad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* | should | Archie | | | | ever; again | near Archie's grandad; anywhere *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near grandad=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Grandad was right and Archie is weak ```conllu # sent_id = question:reflection:28-reading-people-in-hard-times-whats-really-behind-the-mean-face:t10:o4:1 # text = Grandad was right and Archie is weak 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 Archie Archie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Grandad | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | Archie | | | | | weak *property* | 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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