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title: Oi, why's the daisy even chilling in a ditch, mate? — Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, why's the daisy even chilling in a ditch, mate? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 811 «Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a poor daisy while the proud flowers sulk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a po…

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Oi, why's the daisy even chilling in a ditch, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** ditch

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 811 «Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a poor daisy while the proud flowers sulk» 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/811-pg27200-part22/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t1:1
# text = Oi, why's the daisy even chilling in a ditch, mate?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	daisy	daisy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Oi |  |  | a ditch and mate |  | chill *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause it's happy in the sun and don't mind who sees it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t1:o1:1
# text = Cause it's happy in the sun and don't mind who sees it
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	mind	mind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  | the sun |  | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **mind** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **see** | present |  | sun |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause it's happy in the sun, don't care nobody clocks it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t1:o2:1
# text = Cause it's happy in the sun, don't care nobody clocks it
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	care	care	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	compound	_	_
13	clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  | the sun |  | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **care** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | nobody clocks |  |  |  | sun *obl* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause it's happy in the sun, don't care nobody clocks it, and it's dead cool like that, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t1:o3:1
# text = Cause it's happy in the sun, don't care nobody clocks it, and it's dead cool like that, innit
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	care	care	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	compound	_	_
13	clocks	clock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
21	like	like	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  | the sun |  | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **care** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | nobody clocks |  |  |  | sun *obl* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | sun |  |  |  |  | like that; cool *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **innit** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cause the ditch is the best spot for sun, and the posh flowers can't see it anyway, mate, so whatever

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t1:o4:1
# text = Cause the ditch is the best spot for sun, and the posh flowers can't see it anyway, mate, so whatever
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
15	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	so	so	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition whatever=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the ditch | the best spot |  |  |  | for sun | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **see** | can | the posh flowers | ditch |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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