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title: slay, so what's the big lesson about talking too much? — Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees fo… · tree and pragmatics
description: slay, so what's the big lesson about talking too much? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1835 «Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, part 19: the cat wins back the ring, and the Brahman's wife sets out for the king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 12 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, p…

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slay, so what's the big lesson about talking too much?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, big lesson · **What happens:** slay, be, talk · **To what, where:** big lesson, much

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1835 «Indian Fairy Tales, A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice, part 19: the cat wins back the ring, and the Brahman's wife sets out for the king» 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/1835-pg7128-part19/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t12:1
# text = slay, so what's the big lesson about talking too much?
1	slay	slay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the big lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **talk** | gerund | the big lesson *not said here* | much |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent much=Patient |

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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}

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talkers are always rich

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t12:o1:1
# text = talkers are always rich
1	talkers	talker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | talkers |  |  |  |  | always, rich *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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speak only when you have been asked to speak twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t12:o2:1
# text = speak only when you have been asked to speak twice
1	speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · perfect · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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it can bring you to grief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t12:o3:1
# text = it can bring you to grief
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | can | it | you |  | grief |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to grief=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it makes the king happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1835-pg7128-part19:t12:o4:1
# text = it makes the king happy
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | it | the king |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material king=Product |

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