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title: did she give him anything to keep him safe? — Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: did she give him anything to keep him safe? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
did she give him anything to keep him safe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** give, keep · **To what, where:** anything, him

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t7:1
# text = did she give him anything to keep him safe?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | she | anything | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient anything=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a shell with loads of colours and a little silver chain she had worn since she was a child

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t7:o1:1
# text = a shell with loads of colours and a little silver chain she had worn since she was a child
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
15	since	since	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past · perfect · passive |  | a shell with loads of colours and a little silver chain |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  | since a child |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a sealed letter, a lock of her hair, and a shell that would keep him from the Yara forever

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t7:o2:1
# text = a sealed letter, a lock of her hair, and a shell that would keep him from the Yara forever
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Yara	Yara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | would | a shell |  | him *= he* | the Yara |  | forever *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary from yara=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a red cloth with gold thread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t7:o3:1
# text = a red cloth with gold thread
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a shell with loads of colours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t7:o4:1
# text = a shell with loads of colours
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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