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title: the little tailor was sewing, yeah? what was the jam like? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, Jo… · tree and pragmatics
description: the little tailor was sewing, yeah? what was the jam like? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1483 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to stone and brought back at a dreadful price» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to ston…

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the little tailor was sewing, yeah? what was the jam like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little tailor · **What happens:** sew, be · **To what, where:** jam

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1483 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to stone and brought back at a dreadful price» 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/1483-pg503-part70/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t8:1
# text = the little tailor was sewing, yeah? what was the jam like?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	sewing	sew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | past · progressive | the little tailor |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the jam |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
Stale jam, he said, full of insects, and he refused to eat any of it

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t8:o1:1
# text = Stale jam, he said, full of insects, and he refused to eat any of it
1	Stale	stale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Stale jam |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **refuse** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **eat** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | any |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Good jam, he said, fit to sell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t8:o2:1
# text = Good jam, he said, fit to sell
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Good jam |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sell** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Excellent jam, he said, the best he had ever tasted in the whole village

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t8:o3:1
# text = Excellent jam, he said, the best he had ever tasted in the whole village
1	Excellent	excellent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	ccomp	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	12	advmod	_	_
12	tasted	taste	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Excellent jam |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **taste** | past · perfect | he |  |  | the whole village | ever |  | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in village=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sour, he said, not for sale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t8:o4:1
# text = Sour, he said, not for sale
1	Sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  | for sale | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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