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title: Real talk, what did the nightingale say the tears were? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, what did the nightingale say the tears were? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 913 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bird breaks, and the real nightingale saves the dying emperor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bir…

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Real talk, what did the nightingale say the tears were?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nightingale · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** Real talk, tears · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 913 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bird breaks, and the real nightingale saves the dying emperor» 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/913-pg27200-part124/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:t13:1
# text = Real talk, what did the nightingale say the tears were?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the nightingale | Real talk |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the tears |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Jewels that make a singer happy, the only true reward a bird can ever have

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:t13:o1:1
# text = Jewels that make a singer happy, the only true reward a bird can ever have
1	Jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	16	advmod	_	_
16	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Jewels and the only true reward | a singer |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset singer=Product |
| 2 | **have** | can | a bird | Jewels and the only true reward *not said here* |  |  | ever |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Jewels that make a singer happy, which the emperor should give to every bird that sings

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:t13:o2:1
# text = Jewels that make a singer happy, which the emperor should give to every bird that sings
1	Jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	sings	sing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Jewels | a singer |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset singer=Product |
| 2 | **give** | should | Jewels |  | every bird |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Theme to bird=Recipient |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | every bird |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jewels that make a singer happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:t13:o3:1
# text = Jewels that make a singer happy
1	Jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Jewels | a singer |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset singer=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pearls that cheer a player's soul

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:t13:o4:1
# text = Pearls that cheer a player's soul
1	Pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cheer	cheer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheer** | present | Pearls | a player's soul |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus soul=Experiencer |

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