--- title: ★★★ The Stranger-man thinks the picture means «enemies are coming».… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ The Stranger-man thinks the picture means «enemies are coming». Which of Taffy's drawings did he most likely take for an army? Test 17 · ★ of lesson 84 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1: a broken spear and a picture on birch-bark» of the books course of Mova's primary sc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear/t17/) [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/) / [Just So Stories, How the First Letter…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear/) / t17 # Test 17 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1:… ★★★ The Stranger-man thinks the picture means «enemies are coming». Which of Taffy's drawings did he most likely take for an army? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Stranger man, ★, enemies, Taffy · **What happens:** think, mean, come, take, draw · **To what, where:** picture · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 84 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1: a broken spear and a picture on birch-bark» 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/84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear/#t17). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Stranger-man thinks the picture means «enemies are coming». ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t17:1 # text = ★★★ The Stranger-man thinks the picture means «enemies are coming». 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 Stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 csubj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 « « PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the Stranger man | the picture | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot picture=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | ★ | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | enemies | | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which of Taffy's drawings did he most likely take for an army? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t17:2 # text = Which of Taffy's drawings did he most likely take for an army? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 drawings drawing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 9 advmod _ _ 9 likely likely ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · do-support | ★ | | | | | of Taffy's drawings; for a army; likely *property* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent which=Theme of drawing=Source for army=Beneficiary | | 2 | **draw** | | Taffy | | | | | | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The beavers' heads in the swamp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t17:o1:1 # text = The beavers' heads in the swamp 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 beavers beaver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 swamp swamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The spear sticking in Daddy's back with the blood-red bark ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t17:o2:1 # text = The spear sticking in Daddy's back with the blood-red bark 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 sticking stick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Daddy Daddy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | gerund | the spear *not said here* | | | Daddy's back | | with the red bark | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in back=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The spears crossed in Daddy's back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t17:o3:1 # text = The spears crossed in Daddy's back 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spears spear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 crossed cross VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Daddy Daddy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cross** | participle | | the spears *not said here* | | Daddy's back | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The beavers' heads in the swamp, with Mummy and the spears and Daddy's back all in one picture ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t17:o4:1 # text = The beavers' heads in the swamp, with Mummy and the spears and Daddy's back all in one picture 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 beavers beaver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 swamp swamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Mummy Mummy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 spears spear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 Daddy Daddy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 18 all all ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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