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title: Poppy: «just now the Cat'll walk in, the curtain's still up.» (just… — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Poppy: «just now the Cat'll walk in, the curtain's still up.» (just now = in a while, South Africa) When does the curtain fall? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 94 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Test 10 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: t…

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Poppy: «just now the Cat'll walk in, the curtain's still up.» (just now = in a while, South Africa) When does the curtain fall?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cat, curtain · **What happens:** walk up, fall

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 94 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby» 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/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Poppy: «just now the Cat'll walk in, the curtain's still up.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t10:1
# text = Poppy: «just now the Cat'll walk in, the curtain's still up.»
1	Poppy	poppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
10	in	in	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	curtain	curtain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	still	still	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk up** *in a quote* | future | the Cat |  |  |  | now |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* (just now = in a while, South Africa) When does the curtain fall?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t10:2
# text = (just now = in a while, South Africa) When does the curtain fall?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
4	=	=	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	_
12	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	16	mark	_	_
13	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	curtain	curtain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present · do-support | the curtain |  |  |  | now |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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When the Woman speaks the first word in his praise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t10:o1:1
# text = When the Woman speaks the first word in his praise
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | the Woman | the first word |  | his praise |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **praise** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom praise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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When the Baby wakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t10:o2:1
# text = When the Baby wakes
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Baby	Baby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wakes	wake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | present | the Baby |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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When the Bat flies into the Cave tonight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t10:o3:1
# text = When the Bat flies into the Cave tonight
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | the Bat |  |  |  | tonight | into the Cave *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into cave=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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When the Man speaks the first word of his thanks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby:t10:o4:1
# text = When the Man speaks the first word of his thanks
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | the Man | the first word of Man's thanks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **word** |  |  | Man's thanks |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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