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title: In a comic, a speech bubble says "Run!" What would the same line loo… — Direct speech: inverted commas and new… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a comic, a speech bubble says "Run!" What would the same line look like in a story? Test 3 of lesson 35 «Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Test 3 · Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers

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In a comic, a speech bubble says "Run!" What would the same line look like in a story?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** speech bubble, same line · **What happens:** say, look · **To what, where:** Run, comic · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 35 «Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers» of the English 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/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a comic, a speech bubble says "Run!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t3:1
# text = In a comic, a speech bubble says "Run!"
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	comic	comic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bubble	bubble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Run	Run	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a speech bubble | Run |  | a comic |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent run=Theme in comic=Manner |

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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:* What would the same line look like in a story?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t3:2
# text = What would the same line look like in a story?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | would | the same line |  |  |  |  | like a story | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Run! "yelled the boy."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t3:o1:1
# text = Run! "yelled the boy."
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	yelled	yell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **yell** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past |  | the boy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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"Run!" yelled the boy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t3:o2:1
# text = "Run!" yelled the boy.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Run	Run	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	yelled	yell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | Run | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Run yelled! "the boy."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t3:o3:1
# text = Run yelled! "the boy."
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	yelled	yell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Run" yelled the boy!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t3:o4:1
# text = "Run" yelled the boy!
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Run	Run	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	yelled	yell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | Run | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Topic |

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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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