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title: Wot did the Tree shout at the Nightingale, like? — Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wot did the Tree shout at the Nightingale, like? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 2034 «Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose: the Nightingale dies singing for a red rose, and the Student throws it away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 5 · ★ · Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose: the Nightingal…

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Wot did the Tree shout at the Nightingale, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wot, Tree · **What happens:** do, shout · **To what, where:** Nightingale

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 2034 «Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose: the Nightingale dies singing for a red rose, and the Student throws it away» 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/2034-pg902-part4/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2034-pg902-part4:t5:1
# text = Wot did the Tree shout at the Nightingale, like?
1	Wot	Wot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shout	shout	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Nightingale	Nightingale	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Wot |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | the Tree |  |  | the Nightingale |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Stay on the bough and sing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2034-pg902-part4:t5:o1:1
# text = Stay on the bough and sing
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bough	bough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sing	sing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the bough and sing |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bough=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Press your breast hard onto the sharp thorn of the rose and sing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2034-pg902-part4:t5:o2:1
# text = Press your breast hard onto the sharp thorn of the rose and sing
1	Press	press	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	breast	breast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
5	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	sing	sing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | imperative | you *not said here* | your breast |  | the sharp thorn of the rose and sing |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breast=Theme |

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

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Press closer to the thorn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2034-pg902-part4:t5:o3:1
# text = Press closer to the thorn
1	Press	press	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	closer	close	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the thorn; close *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Press closer to the thorn and die for love

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2034-pg902-part4:t5:o4:1
# text = Press closer to the thorn and die for love
1	Press	press	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	closer	close	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	die	die	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the thorn; close *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **die** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for love | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for love=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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