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title: Dude, what did the spooky voice say to the little boy? — Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, what did the spooky voice say to the little boy? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 920 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old grave-stone is remembered, and a new tale begins with an old house and a leaking dragon gutter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old g…

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Dude, what did the spooky voice say to the little boy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** do, say · **To what, where:** spooky voice, little boy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 920 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old grave-stone is remembered, and a new tale begins with an old house and a leaking dragon gutter» 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/920-pg27200-part131/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t9:1
# text = Dude, what did the spooky voice say to the little boy?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	spooky	spooky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Dude | the spooky voice |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dude |  | the little boy |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to boy=Recipient |

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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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Guard the seed carefully because it will grow into something great one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t9:o1:1
# text = Guard the seed carefully because it will grow into something great one day
1	Guard	Guard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	_
11	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | future | seed |  |  |  | day | into something *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into something=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hide the seed under the stone and never tell anyone about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t9:o2:1
# text = Hide the seed under the stone and never tell anyone about it
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | the seed |  | the stone |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent seed=Patient under stone=Location |
| 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | anyone |  |  | about stone | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient about it=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Keep the seed safe always

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t9:o3:1
# text = Keep the seed safe always
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the seed |  |  |  | always, safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Guard the seed, it will grow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t9:o4:1
# text = Guard the seed, it will grow
1	Guard	Guard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | future | seed | the Guard seed *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location seed=Theme |

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