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title: Dev from Glasgow: «wee Taffy drew it all perfect, every beaver.» (we… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dev from Glasgow: «wee Taffy drew it all perfect, every beaver.» (wee = small) Put it right. Test 6 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 6 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dev from Glasgow: «wee Taffy drew it all perfect, every beaver.» (wee = small) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wee Taffy · **What happens:** draw, put · **To what, where:** it, wee

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dev from Glasgow: «wee Taffy drew it all perfect, every beaver.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t6:1
# text = Dev from Glasgow: «wee Taffy drew it all perfect, every beaver.»
1	Dev	Dev	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
11	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	beaver	beaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** *in a quote* | past | wee Taffy | it |  |  |  | perfect *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (wee = small) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t6:2
# text = (wee = small) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	wee	wee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	4	punct	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | infinitive |  | wee |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She drew the beavers' heads very neatly and proudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t6:o1:1
# text = She drew the beavers' heads very neatly and proudly
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	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	beavers	beaver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	neatly	neatly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	proudly	proudly	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | She | the beavers's heads |  |  |  | neatly *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She only drew the beavers' heads, and says she can't draw them

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t6:o2:1
# text = She only drew the beavers' heads, and says she can't draw them
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beavers	beaver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | She | the beavers's heads |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **draw** | can | she | heads *= head* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She drew all the beavers perfectly and says she can draw them all, and the picture is nicely finished

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t6:o3:1
# text = She drew all the beavers perfectly and says she can draw them all, and the picture is nicely finished
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beavers	beaver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
19	nicely	nicely	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | She | all beavers |  |  |  | perfectly *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beaver=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **draw** | can | she | beavers *= beaver* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 4 | **finish** | present · passive |  | the picture |  |  |  | nicely *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She drew every beaver, so the picture was complete

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear:t6:o4:1
# text = She drew every beaver, so the picture was complete
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	beaver	beaver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | She | every beaver |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beaver=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the picture |  |  |  |  | complete *property* | tree rules |

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