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title: Why does the Magician refuse a shell for all twelve months? — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does the Magician refuse a shell for all twelve months? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3…

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Why does the Magician refuse a shell for all twelve months?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Magician · **What happens:** refuse · **To what, where:** shell

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» 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/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t3:1
# text = Why does the Magician refuse a shell for all twelve months?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | present · do-support | the Magician | a shell |  |  | month |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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He fears Pau Amma will grow bold and greedy again, and the sea will be upset

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t3:o1:1
# text = He fears Pau Amma will grow bold and greedy again, and the sea will be upset
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fears	fear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Pau	Pau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Amma	Amma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
17	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **grow** | future | Pau |  |  |  |  | bold *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | future | the sea |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because the shell is too heavy to carry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t3:o2:1
# text = Because the shell is too heavy to carry
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the shell |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the shell *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He fears Pau Amma will grow bold and greedy again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t3:o3:1
# text = He fears Pau Amma will grow bold and greedy again
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fears	fear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Pau	Pau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Amma	Amma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **grow** | future | Pau |  |  |  | again | bold *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He fears Pau Amma will grow bold and greedy again, and make the Man's children lazy

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t3:o4:1
# text = He fears Pau Amma will grow bold and greedy again, and make the Man's children lazy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fears	fear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Pau	Pau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Amma	Amma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
18	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **grow** | future | Pau |  |  |  |  | bold *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | infinitive | He *not said here* | the Man's children |  |  |  | lazy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset child=Product |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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