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title: In a cartoon, a boy answers "ne mozhna!" by doing it anyway. What do… — Granny's rules, superstitions and good… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a boy answers "ne mozhna!" by doing it anyway. What does "ne mozhna!" really ask? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 30 «Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 6 · ★ · Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners

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In a cartoon, a boy answers "ne mozhna!" by doing it anyway. What does "ne mozhna!" really ask?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** answer, do, ask · **To what, where:** ne, cartoon

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 30 «Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners» of the Ukrainian street 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/ukrainian-street/30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a boy answers "ne mozhna!" by doing it anyway.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t6:1
# text = In a cartoon, a boy answers "ne mozhna!" by doing it anyway.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	answers	answer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	ne	ne	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	obj	_	_
10	mozhna	mozhna	X	FW	_	9	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
13	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | a boy | ne |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ne=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | a boy *not said here* | cartoon |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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 does "ne mozhna!" really ask?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t6:2
# text = What does "ne mozhna!" really ask?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ne	ne	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	obj	_	_
5	mozhna	mozhna	X	FW	_	4	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That you do it quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t6:o1:1
# text = That you do it quickly
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | That | it |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That you ask nicely first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t6:o2:1
# text = That you ask nicely first
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	nicely	nicely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | That |  |  |  |  | first, nicely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That you try once more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t6:o3:1
# text = That you try once more
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	try	try	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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That you stop at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:30-grannys-rules-superstitions-good-manners:t6:o4:1
# text = That you stop at once
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location |

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