--- title: wait so the friends never came, right? — Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Y… · tree and pragmatics description: wait so the friends never came, right? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 377 «Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Young Ones: the farmer must cut his wheat himself, so the larks fly away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/377-pg19994-part16/t3/) [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/) / [Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Y…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/377-pg19994-part16/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Young Ones: the farme… wait so the friends never came, right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, friends · **What happens:** wait, not come This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 377 «Aesop for Children, The Lark and Her Young Ones: the farmer must cut his wheat himself, so the larks fly 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/377-pg19994-part16/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t3:1 # text = wait so the friends never came, right? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 right right INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **come** | past | the friends | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} yep, the farmer couldn't wait on them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t3:o1:1 # text = yep, the farmer couldn't wait on them 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wait** | could | the farmer | | | | | on them *= they* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on they=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} yep, they never came ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t3:o2:1 # text = yep, they never came 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **come** | past | they | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} nah, the friends came but left ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t3:o3:1 # text = nah, the friends came but left 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the friends | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past | the friends *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} yep, the friends were busy that day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:377-pg19994-part16:t3:o4:1 # text = yep, the friends were busy that day 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the friends | | | | day | busy *property* | tree rules | **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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