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title: Did she write a new order and sneak the seals across? — Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did she write a new order and sneak the seals across? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 10 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56…

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Did she write a new order and sneak the seals across?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** write, sneak · **To what, where:** new order, seals

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» 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/1255-pg3282-part56/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t10:1
# text = Did she write a new order and sneak the seals across?
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	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sneak	sneak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	across	across	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past · do-support | she | a new order |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |
| 2 | **sneak** | infinitive | she *not said here* | the seals |  |  |  | across *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she moved them over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t10:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she moved them over
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move over** | past | she | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she copied the seals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t10:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she copied the seals
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | past | she | the seals |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seal=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she carefully moved the wax seals onto a brand new sheet of paper

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t10:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she carefully moved the wax seals onto a brand new sheet of paper
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	seals	seal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	brand	brand	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | she |  |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **seal** | present | the wax |  |  |  |  | onto a new sheet of paper | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient onto sheet=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she tore up the order and burned the seals in the lamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:t10:o4:1
# text = Nah, she tore up the order and burned the seals in the lamp
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tore	tore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tore up** | past | she | the order |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **burn** | past | she *not said here* | the seals |  | the lamp |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent seal=Theme |

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