--- title: Ruby: «Head Chief was salty and punished Taffy, end of.» (salty = cr… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics description: Ruby: «Head Chief was salty and punished Taffy, end of.» (salty = cross) Put it right. Test 1 · ★ of lesson 86 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3: «a great invention» and the road on Merrow Down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/t1/) [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/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3:… Ruby: «Head Chief was salty and punished Taffy, end of.» (salty = cross) Put it right. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Head Chief, you · **What happens:** be, punish, put · **To what, where:** Taffy, salty cross This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 86 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 3: «a great invention» and the road on Merrow Down» 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/86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ruby: «Head Chief was salty and punished Taffy, end of.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t1:1 # text = Ruby: «Head Chief was salty and punished Taffy, end of.» 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 punished punish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Head Chief | | | | | salty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **punish** *in a quote* | past | Head Chief *not said here* | Taffy | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taffy=Patient | 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:* (salty = cross) Put it right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t1:2 # text = (salty = cross) Put it right. 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 = = SYM SYM _ 4 punct _ _ 4 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 4 punct _ _ 6 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 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 . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | salty cross | | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He sent her away from the Tribe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t1:o1:1 # text = He sent her away from the Tribe 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Tribe Tribe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | past | He | her *= she* | | the Tribe | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from tribe=Source | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He laughed and said she had made a great invention ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t1:o2:1 # text = He laughed and said she had made a great invention 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 invention invention NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | He | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect | she | a great invention | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invention=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} He made her wash the Stranger-man herself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t1:o3:1 # text = He made her wash the Stranger-man herself 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 Stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | He | her *= she* | | | | herself *= she* *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **wash** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | the Stranger man | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Right, she was spanked by the whole Tribe, one chief after another, all afternoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:86-justso-first-letter-3-a-great-invention:t1:o4:1 # text = Right, she was spanked by the whole Tribe, one chief after another, all afternoon 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 spanked spank VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spank** | past · passive | the whole Tribe | she | | | afternoon | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | **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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