--- title: Tom from Cardiff: «Tegumai gave Taffy a cwtch after the rain.» (cwtc… — Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was… · tree and pragmatics description: Tom from Cardiff: «Tegumai gave Taffy a cwtch after the rain.» (cwtch = cuddle) What did Tegumai really do when the rain came? Test 14 · ★★ of lesson 89 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the Alphabet, all complete», and how letters really began» of the books course of Mova's prim --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete/t14/) [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 Alphabet Was…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the A… Tom from Cardiff: «Tegumai gave Taffy a cwtch after the rain.» (cwtch = cuddle) What did Tegumai really do when the rain came? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tom, rain · **What happens:** give, do, come · **To what, where:** cwtch, Taffy, Tegumai This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 89 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 3: «the Alphabet, all complete», and how letters really began» 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/89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete/#t14). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Tom from Cardiff: «Tegumai gave Taffy a cwtch after the rain.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t14:1 # text = Tom from Cardiff: «Tegumai gave Taffy a cwtch after the rain.» 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Cardiff Cardiff PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 iobj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cwtch cwtch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *in a quote* | past | Tom from Cardiff | a cwtch | Taffy | | after the rain | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent taffy=Recipient cwtch=Theme | 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:* (cwtch = cuddle) What did Tegumai really do when the rain came? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t14:2 # text = (cwtch = cuddle) What did Tegumai really do when the rain came? 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 cwtch cwtch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 = = SYM SYM _ 4 punct _ _ 4 cuddle cuddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 4 punct _ _ 6 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 8 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 really really ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | Tegumai | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tegumai=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** | present | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | the rain | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Got up and danced ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t14:o1:1 # text = Got up and danced 1 Got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 danced dance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **dance** | participle | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Laughed and ran off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t14:o2:1 # text = Laughed and ran off 1 Laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run off** | past | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cried ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t14:o3:1 # text = Cried 1 Cried cry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | participle | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Got up and danced all round the Cave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:89-justso-alphabet-3-the-alphabet-all-complete:t14:o4:1 # text = Got up and danced all round the Cave 1 Got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 round round ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **dance** | past | | | | the Cave | | all *property* | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme round cave=Trajectory | **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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