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title: Why did Telephassa's heart hurt when she spoke? — Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Telephassa's heart hurt when she spoke? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 2057 «Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays behind, Thasus stops, and Telephassa and Cadmus walk on alone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays…

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Why did Telephassa's heart hurt when she spoke?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** heart · **What happens:** do, hurt, speak · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2057 «Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays behind, Thasus stops, and Telephassa and Cadmus walk on alone» 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/2057-pg976-part16/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t12:1
# text = Why did Telephassa's heart hurt when she spoke?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
3	Telephassa	Telephassa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Telephassa's heart *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hurt** | past | Telephassa's heart |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | heart |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Admitting her hopes were fading, since the search had gone on so long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t12:o1:1
# text = Admitting her hopes were fading, since the search had gone on so long
1	Admitting	admit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hopes	hope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	fading	fade	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | gerund | the search *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fade** | past · progressive | her hopes |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **go** | past · perfect | the search |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on long=Location |
| 4 | **hope** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Admitting her hopes were fading

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t12:o2:1
# text = Admitting her hopes were fading
1	Admitting	admit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hopes	hope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	fading	fade	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | gerund |  | her hopes |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Theme |
| 2 | **fade** | past · progressive | Admitting |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **hope** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Admitting her hopes were fading and that she might never see Europa again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t12:o3:1
# text = Admitting her hopes were fading and that she might never see Europa again
1	Admitting	admit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hopes	hope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	fading	fade	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	Europa	Europa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fade** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **see** | might | she | Europa |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer europa=Stimulus |
| 4 | **hope** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Walking without her son Thasus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:t12:o4:1
# text = Walking without her son Thasus
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	Thasus	Thasus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | without her son | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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