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title: what was the big ask Julia made him promise? — Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was the big ask Julia made him promise? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» of the books 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 6 · ★ · Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what was the big ask Julia made him promise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Julia, him · **What happens:** be, ask, make, promise · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» 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/1216-pg3282-part17/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t6:1
# text = what was the big ask Julia made him promise?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
6	Julia	Julia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	promise	promise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **make** | past | Julia | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
never to visit the river again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t6:o1:1
# text = never to visit the river again
1	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	visit	visit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **visit** | to-infinitive |  | the river |  |  | again |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
never to swim in those pools again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t6:o2:1
# text = never to swim in those pools again
1	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	pools	pool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **swim** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | that pools | again |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pool=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
never to swim in those pools again, no matter how hot it got in summer or who asked him

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t6:o3:1
# text = never to swim in those pools again, no matter how hot it got in summer or who asked him
1	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	pools	pool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
12	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **swim** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | that pools | again |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pool=Trajectory |
| 2 | **get** | past | matter |  |  |  | summer |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to promise he would stop going to the forest and the river and every other dark water in the land forever

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t6:o4:1
# text = to promise he would stop going to the forest and the river and every other dark water in the land forever
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	promise	promise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
21	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the land |  | forever *property* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** | would | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **go** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  | the forest and the river |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial\_Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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