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title: what did the Sun say was impossible to do? — Myths and Legends of China, The Empres… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the Sun say was impossible to do? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1387 «Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and Moon come back to light» 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 14 · ★ · Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did the Sun say was impossible to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sun · **What happens:** say, be, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1387 «Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and Moon come back to light» 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/1387-pg4018-part47/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:t14:1
# text = what did the Sun say was impossible to do?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the Sun |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | impossible *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «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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Shine on the sea without a rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:t14:o1:1
# text = Shine on the sea without a rest
1	Shine	shine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Make his daily journey on such rough roads while also carrying the Moon along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:t14:o2:1
# text = Make his daily journey on such rough roads while also carrying the Moon along
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	also	also	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	along	along	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | his daily journey |  | such rough roads |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset journey=Product |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund | you *not said here* | the Moon |  |  |  | along *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Theme |
| 3 | **journey** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Make his daily journey on such rough roads without any rest or help from the stars

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:t14:o3:1
# text = Make his daily journey on such rough roads without any rest or help from the stars
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | his daily journey |  | such rough roads |  | without any rest or help; from the stars | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset journey=Product from star=Material |
| 2 | **journey** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Make his daily journey on such rough roads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:t14:o4:1
# text = Make his daily journey on such rough roads
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | his daily journey |  | such rough roads |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset journey=Product |
| 2 | **journey** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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