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title: Looking back: in part 1, why did the Stranger-man think Taffy was a… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in part 1, why did the Stranger-man think Taffy was a «very wonderful child»? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 85 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2: the picture goes wrong and the whole Tribe comes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 10 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:…

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Looking back: in part 1, why did the Stranger-man think Taffy was a «very wonderful child»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Stranger man, Taffy · **What happens:** look back, think, be · **To what, where:** wonderful child · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 85 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2: the picture goes wrong and the whole Tribe comes» 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/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t10:1
# text = Looking back: in part 1, why did the Stranger-man think Taffy was a «very wonderful child»?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	Stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	very	very	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Stranger man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in part | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in part=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the Stranger man |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Taffy | a wonderful child |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She touched his magic tooth and did not swell up or burst

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t10:o1:1
# text = She touched his magic tooth and did not swell up or burst
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	swell	swell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	burst	burst	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | past | She | his magic tooth |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tooth=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **not** **swell up** | past · do-support | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **burst** | infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She touched his magic tooth but looked away and ran home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t10:o2:1
# text = She touched his magic tooth but looked away and ran home
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | past | She | his magic tooth |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tooth=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **look away** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **run** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She offered to carry his heavy bag up the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t10:o3:1
# text = She offered to carry his heavy bag up the hill
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | his heavy bag |  |  |  | up the hill | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She touched his magic tooth, did not swell up or burst, and also drew him a picture of the swamp

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t10:o4:1
# text = She touched his magic tooth, did not swell up or burst, and also drew him a picture of the swamp
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	swell	swell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	burst	burst	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	also	also	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	swamp	swamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | past | She | his magic tooth |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tooth=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **not** **swell up** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **burst** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **draw** | past | She *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary picture=Result |

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