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title: So what did Tom say the second time she laughed? — Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what did Tom say the second time she laughed? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 2021 «Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom makes the princess laugh twice and sends off the wolf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 11 · ★ · Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom m…

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So what did Tom say the second time she laughed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom · **What happens:** say, laugh · **To what, where:** second time · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2021 «Legendary Fictions, Tom with the Goat-skin, part 40: Tom makes the princess laugh twice and sends off the wolf» 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/2021-pg7885-part40/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:t11:1
# text = So what did Tom say the second time she laughed?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | Tom |  |  |  | time |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **laugh** | past | Tom | the second time *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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"I have two halves of your daughter"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:t11:o1:1
# text = "I have two halves of your daughter"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | I | two halves of your daughter |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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I claim two parts of your girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:t11:o2:1
# text = I claim two parts of your girl
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	claim	claim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | I | two parts of your girl |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent part=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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I've split your daughter in two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:t11:o3:1
# text = I've split your daughter in two
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | present · perfect | I | your daughter |  | two |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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I have two halves of your daughter and the other half is mine too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2021-pg7885-part40:t11:o4:1
# text = I have two halves of your daughter and the other half is mine too
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	conj	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | I | two halves of your daughter |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the other half | mine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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