--- title: What would happen if every line of a long conversation was in one pa… — Direct speech: inverted commas and new… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if every line of a long conversation was in one paragraph? Test 5 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Direct speech: inverted commas and new…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers/) / t5 # Test 5 · Direct speech: inverted commas and new speakers What would happen if every line of a long conversation was in one paragraph? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** line · **What happens:** happen, be · **To what, where:** one paragraph This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t5:1 # text = What would happen if every line of a long conversation was in one paragraph? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 paragraph paragraph NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | every line of a long conversation | | | one paragraph | | | tree rules | 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} Nothing at all, readers always know ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t5:o1:1 # text = Nothing at all, readers always know 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 readers reader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | | | | | | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Readers would lose track of who was speaking ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t5:o2:1 # text = Readers would lose track of who was speaking 1 Readers reader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 track track NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | would | Readers | track | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Eventuality | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · progressive | track | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The story would become much easier for readers to follow ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t5:o3:1 # text = The story would become much easier for readers to follow 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 readers reader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | the story | | | | | easy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **follow** | to-infinitive | the story *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would turn into reported speech ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:35-direct-speech-inverted-commas-and-new-speakers:t5:o4:1 # text = It would turn into reported speech 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | It | | | reported speech | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into speech=Trajectory | | 2 | **report** | participle | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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. 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