--- title: Did the sun tell John to cheer up, then? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shi… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the sun tell John to cheer up, then? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1006 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shilling, part 217: John buries his father and sets out into the world» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1006-pg27200-part217/t11/) [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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1006-pg27200-part217/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shilling, part 217: Joh… Did the sun tell John to cheer up, then? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sun · **What happens:** tell, cheer up · **To what, where:** John · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1006 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shilling, part 217: John buries his father and sets out into the world» of the books 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/books/1006-pg27200-part217/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:t11:1 # text = Did the sun tell John to cheer up, then? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 cheer cheer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the sun | | John | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent john=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **cheer up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the sun *not said here* | | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yeah, the sun said don't be so sad, John, and shone brighter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:t11:o1:1 # text = Yeah, the sun said don't be so sad, John, and shone brighter 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 brighter bright ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the sun | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** | infinitive | | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **shine** | past | the sun *not said here* | | | | | bright *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, go back home, John ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:t11:o2:1 # text = Yeah, go back home, John 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | imperative | you *not said here* | John | | | | home *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, don't be so sad, John ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:t11:o3:1 # text = Yeah, don't be so sad, John 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | John *obl*; sad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, it just shone, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:t11:o4:1 # text = Nah, it just shone, mate 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | past | it | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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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