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title: wait, how many letters did he even get from her in three years? — pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128:… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, how many letters did he even get from her in three years? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 917 «pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly, is turned away, and finds the apple-tree still bearing fruit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 3 · ★ · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

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wait, how many letters did he even get from her in three years?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, many letters, he · **What happens:** wait, do, get

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 917 «pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly, is turned away, and finds the apple-tree still bearing fruit» 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/917-pg27200-part128/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t3:1
# text = wait, how many letters did he even get from her in three years?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | many letters |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | present | he |  |  |  | year | from her *= she* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from she=Destination |

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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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Quite a few at first, but then she stopped writing to him entirely after the move

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t3:o1:1
# text = Quite a few at first, but then she stopped writing to him entirely after the move
1	Quite	quite	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	writing	write	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | she |  |  |  | then |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **write** | gerund | she *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  | after the move | entirely *property* | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only two, one from the carrier and one from some traveller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t3:o2:1
# text = Only two, one from the carrier and one from some traveller
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	carrier	carrier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only two, and both were very short and cold and came years apart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t3:o3:1
# text = Only two, and both were very short and cold and came years apart
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | two |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | two *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | past | two *not said here* |  |  |  | year | apart *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only one, from the postman on his rounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t3:o4:1
# text = Only one, from the postman on his rounds
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	postman	postman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	rounds	round	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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