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title: What did the lady say to Emily when she was crying? — Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the lady say to Emily when she was crying? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 946 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes back, asks for Emily's hand, and is refused» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes…

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What did the lady say to Emily when she was crying?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lady · **What happens:** say, cry · **To what, where:** Emily · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 946 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes back, asks for Emily's hand, and is refused» 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/946-pg27200-part157/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t12:1
# text = What did the lady say to Emily when she was crying?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Emily	Emily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 lady |  | Emily |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to emily=Recipient |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · progressive | lady |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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"Weep on, Emily"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t12:o1:1
# text = "Weep on, Emily"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Weep	weep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Emily	Emily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep on** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | Emily *vocative* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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"Hush, my child"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t12:o2:1
# text = "Hush, my child"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hush	hush	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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

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"Weep on, my sweet Emily"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t12:o3:1
# text = "Weep on, my sweet Emily"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Weep	weep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Emily	Emily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep on** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | my sweet Emily |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"Cry on, my dear Emily"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t12:o4:1
# text = "Cry on, my dear Emily"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Cry	cry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Emily	Emily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry on** *speech: express* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | my dear Emily |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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