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title: yo, what's the thank-you sign the dude waved? — Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, what's the thank-you sign the dude waved? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1270 «Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks the avenger into the tree» 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 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks…

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yo, what's the thank-you sign the dude waved?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thank, you · **What happens:** be, sign, wave · **To what, where:** dude

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1270 «Old Indian Legends, The Magic Arrow, part 7: Iktomi tricks the avenger into the tree» 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/1270-pg338-part7/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:t11:1
# text = yo, what's the thank-you sign the dude waved?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thank	thank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sign	sign	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	waved	wave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the thank |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sign** | present | you | the dude |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent dude=Destination |
| 3 | **wave** | participle |  | the dude *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both hands raised high above his head and waved up and down before her face slowly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:t11:o1:1
# text = Both hands raised high above his head and waved up and down before her face slowly
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	down	down	ADV	RB	_	10	conj	_	_
13	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | participle · passive |  | both hands |  | his head |  | high *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme above head=Destination |
| 2 | **wave** | past |  |  |  | her face |  | slowly *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before face=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hand up and down before her face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:t11:o2:1
# text = Hand up and down before her face
1	Hand	hand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | before her face |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hand raised in a quick salute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:t11:o3:1
# text = Hand raised in a quick salute
1	Hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	salute	salute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | participle |  | Hand *not said here* |  | a quick salute |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in salute=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hand waved slowly in the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1270-pg338-part7:t11:o4:1
# text = Hand waved slowly in the air
1	Hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | Hand |  |  |  |  | in the air; slowly *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in air=Theme |

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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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