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title: Finn: «Taffy guessed shu-ya cos she saw it raining, that's mid.» (mi… — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics
description: Finn: «Taffy guessed shu-ya cos she saw it raining, that's mid.» (mid = so-so) Is that fair? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 88 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so, sho, shi, and shu-ya, the sky-water» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so…

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Finn: «Taffy guessed shu-ya cos she saw it raining, that's mid.» (mid = so-so) Is that fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Finn, Taffy, cos, that · **What happens:** guess, see, rain, be · **To what, where:** shu ya cos, cos

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 88 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so, sho, shi, and shu-ya, the sky-water» 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/88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Finn: «Taffy guessed shu-ya cos she saw it raining, that's mid.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t1:1
# text = Finn: «Taffy guessed shu-ya cos she saw it raining, that's mid.»
1	Finn	Finn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	guessed	guess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	shu	shu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	ya	ya	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	raining	rain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	mid	mid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** *in a quote* | past | Finn | shu ya cos |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cos=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Taffy | cos |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rain** *in a quote* | gerund | cos *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | mid *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:* (mid = so-so) Is that fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t1:2
# text = (mid = so-so) Is that fair?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mid	mid	X	AFX	_	10	compound	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	2	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
8	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	_
10	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No: she read it sign by sign first, and the raindrop only made her sure

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t1:o1:1
# text = No: she read it sign by sign first, and the raindrop only made her sure
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	raindrop	raindrop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | she | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient sign=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | past | the raindrop | her *= she* |  |  |  | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |
| 3 | **sign** |  | sign |  |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Not really: the rain told her the word before she read it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t1:o2:1
# text = Not really: the rain told her the word before she read it
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the rain | the word | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient word=Topic |
| 2 | **read** | past | rain | word |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No: she read it sign by sign first, and the raindrop only made her sure of what the signs already said to her

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t1:o3:1
# text = No: she read it sign by sign first, and the raindrop only made her sure of what the signs already said to her
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	raindrop	raindrop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
22	already	already	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | she | it |  |  |  | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient sign=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | past | the raindrop | her *= she* |  |  |  | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the signs |  | raindrop |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient |
| 4 | **sign** |  | sign |  |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it is fair, because the clouds gave the whole word away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:88-justso-alphabet-2-shu-ya-sky-water:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, it is fair, because the clouds gave the whole word away
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	expl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | past | the clouds | the whole word |  |  |  | away *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |

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