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title: she wrote stuff on the trees, yeah? what did it say? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible… · tree and pragmatics
description: she wrote stuff on the trees, yeah? what did it say? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1698 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 22: the Prince escapes the giant, then Rosalie is snatched back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 7 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 22: the…

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she wrote stuff on the trees, yeah? what did it say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she, stuff · **What happens:** write, say · **To what, where:** stuff, trees · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1698 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 22: the Prince escapes the giant, then Rosalie is snatched back» 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/1698-pg640-part22/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1698-pg640-part22:t7:1
# text = she wrote stuff on the trees, yeah? what did it say?
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | she | stuff |  | the trees |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme on tree=Destination |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | stuff |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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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She cries beside the golden tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1698-pg640-part22:t7:o1:1
# text = She cries beside the golden tree
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cries	cry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | She |  |  | the golden tree |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside tree=Location |

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

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She sits daily by the fountain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1698-pg640-part22:t7:o2:1
# text = She sits daily by the fountain
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | She |  |  |  |  | by the fountain; daily *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fountain=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She waits by the fountain now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1698-pg640-part22:t7:o3:1
# text = She waits by the fountain now
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present | She |  |  |  | now | by the fountain | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fountain=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She sits every day by the fountain of gold waiting for her lover

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1698-pg640-part22:t7:o4:1
# text = She sits every day by the fountain of gold waiting for her lover
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | She |  |  |  | day | by the fountain of gold | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fountain=Location |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for her lover | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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