--- title: bro, what did the copper flowers keep saying to make Petru pick them? — Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o… · tree and pragmatics description: bro, what did the copper flowers keep saying to make Petru pick them? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1779 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30: Petru meets a seven-headed dragon, fails, gets a magic horse, and resists the copper flowers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1779-pg641-part30/t14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1779-pg641-part30/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30:… bro, what did the copper flowers keep saying to make Petru pick them? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** copper flowers, Petru · **What happens:** do, keep, say, make, pick · **To what, where:** Petru, flowers · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1779 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30: Petru meets a seven-headed dragon, fails, gets a magic horse, and resists the copper flowers» 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/1779-pg641-part30/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t14:1 # text = bro, what did the copper flowers keep saying to make Petru pick them? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 copper copper NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 12 Petru Petru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | bro *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | present | the copper flowers | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the copper flowers *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | | Petru | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pick** | infinitive | Petru *not said here* | flowers *= flower* | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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} beautiful things, come and take me ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t14:o1:1 # text = beautiful things, come and take me 1 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | infinitive | beautiful things | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | infinitive | beautiful things *not said here* | | me | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} wonderful things, come pick me ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t14:o2:1 # text = wonderful things, come pick me 1 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | infinitive | wonderful things | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pick** | infinitive | wonderful things *not said here* | me | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} pick us, we are lovely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t14:o3:1 # text = pick us, we are lovely 1 pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | imperative | you *not said here* | us | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | we | | | | | lovely *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} come pick me ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t14:o4:1 # text = come pick me 1 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pick** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | **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. 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