--- title: Why is Tegumai's line «the whole dear, kind, nice, clean, quiet Trib… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is Tegumai's line «the whole dear, kind, nice, clean, quiet Tribe is here» a joke? Test 2 · ★ 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 and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/t2/) [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/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:… Why is Tegumai's line «the whole dear, kind, nice, clean, quiet Tribe is here» a joke? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** whole dear quiet Tribe · **What happens:** be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t2:1 # text = Why is Tegumai's line «the whole dear, kind, nice, clean, quiet Tribe is here» a joke? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 8 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 9 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 Tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 » » PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the whole dear quiet Tribe | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | 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} The Tribe is noisy and armed, and it has just scared away every fish, which Tegumai finds very funny indeed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t2:o1:1 # text = The Tribe is noisy and armed, and it has just scared away every fish, which Tegumai finds very funny indeed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Tribe Tribe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 noisy noisy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 14 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 22 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Tribe | | | | | noisy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the Tribe *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have away** | present | Tribe | every fish | | | | away, scared *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | | 4 | **find** | present | every fish | | | | | funny, indeed *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pictures are useful but need a drum to explain them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t2:o2:1 # text = Pictures are useful but need a drum to explain them 1 Pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Pictures | | | | | useful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **need** | present | Pictures *not said here* | a drum | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot drum=Theme | | 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Pictures *not said here* | Pictures *= picture* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nobody is kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t2:o3:1 # text = Nobody is kind 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nobody | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The Tribe is noisy, armed and has just frightened every fish away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t2:o4:1 # text = The Tribe is noisy, armed and has just frightened every fish away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Tribe Tribe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 noisy noisy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Tribe | | | | | noisy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the Tribe *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **frighten away** | present · perfect | the Tribe *not said here* | every fish | | | | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fish=Experiencer | **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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