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title: Real life: Sam sends a face-with-tears emoji, and his gran thinks he… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real life: Sam sends a face-with-tears emoji, and his gran thinks he is sad. What does that show, just like Taffy's picture? Test 9 · ★ 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 sch
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# Test 9 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:…

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Real life: Sam sends a face-with-tears emoji, and his gran thinks he is sad. What does that show, just like Taffy's picture?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sam, gran · **What happens:** send, think, be, do · **To what, where:** tears emoji, show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Real life: Sam sends a face-with-tears emoji, and his gran thinks he is sad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t9:1
# text = Real life: Sam sends a face-with-tears emoji, and his gran thinks he is sad.
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	compound	_	_
12	emoji	emoji	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | Sam | a tears emoji |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emoji=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | face's gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | gran |  |  |  |  | sad *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does that show, just like Taffy's picture?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t9:2
# text = What does that show, just like Taffy's picture?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | that show and Taffy's picture |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A picture can be read in different ways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t9:o1:1
# text = A picture can be read in different ways
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | can · passive |  | a picture |  | different ways |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A picture can be read in different ways, so a sender must check the reader understands it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t9:o2:1
# text = A picture can be read in different ways, so a sender must check the reader understands it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sender	sender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	understands	understand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | can · passive |  | a picture |  | different ways |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **check** | must | a sender |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **understand** | present | the reader | sender |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pictures are always easy to read

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t9:o3:1
# text = Pictures are always easy to read
1	Pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Pictures |  |  |  |  | always, easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | to-infinitive | Pictures *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sam should use fewer emojis today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t9:o4:1
# text = Sam should use fewer emojis today
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	emojis	emoji	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | should | Sam | fewer emojis |  |  | today |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emoji=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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