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title: So what did the monk actually tell him, like? — Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what did the monk actually tell him, like? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 953 «Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor is scorned, feasts with artists, buries his marble statue and turns to faith» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor is scorned, feasts…

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So what did the monk actually tell him, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, tell · **To what, where:** monk · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 953 «Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor is scorned, feasts with artists, buries his marble statue and turns to faith» 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/953-pg27200-part164/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t12:1
# text = So what did the monk actually tell him, like?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the monk |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monk=Eventuality |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  | monk |  |  | actually *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=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 {#o1}

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Heaven is where peace is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t12:o1:1
# text = Heaven is where peace is
1	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Heaven |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Church and heaven bring peace, so just go pray every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t12:o2:1
# text = Church and heaven bring peace, so just go pray every day
1	Church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | infinitive | Church and heaven | peace |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent peace=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | Church and heaven *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **pray** | present | Church and heaven *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Peace comes from God above

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t12:o3:1
# text = Peace comes from God above
1	Peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	above	above	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Peace |  |  |  |  | from God; above *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from god=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Church and heaven bring peace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t12:o4:1
# text = Church and heaven bring peace
1	Church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | infinitive | Church and heaven | peace |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent peace=Theme |

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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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