--- title: Year 1 performs "Twinkle, twinkle" with actions. Why do actions help? — Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning… · tree and pragmatics description: Year 1 performs "Twinkle, twinkle" with actions. Why do actions help? Test 9 of lesson 47 «Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing» 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 right --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/t9/) [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/) / [Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/) / t9 # Test 9 · Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing Year 1 performs "Twinkle, twinkle" with actions. Why do actions help? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** actions · **What happens:** help This is test 9 of lesson 47 «Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing» 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/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Year 1 performs "Twinkle, twinkle" with actions. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:t9:1 # text = Year 1 performs "Twinkle, twinkle" with actions. 1 Year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 flat _ _ 3 performs perform NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 compound _ _ 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Twinkle twinkle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 twinkle twinkle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 actions action NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Why do actions help? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:t9:2 # text = Why do actions help? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 actions action NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present · do-support | actions | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They help memory and show meaning ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:t9:o1:1 # text = They help memory and show meaning 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 show show NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | They | memory and show meaning | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} They mean you can skip the words ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:t9:o2:1 # text = They mean you can skip the words 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 skip skip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | They | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **skip** | can | you | the words | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They turn the rhyme into a limerick ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:t9:o3:1 # text = They turn the rhyme into a limerick 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rhyme rhyme NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 limerick limerick NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | They | the rhyme | | a limerick | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent rhyme=Theme into limerick=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} They let the class rush through it ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:t9:o4:1 # text = They let the class rush through it 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 rush rush VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 xcomp _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | past | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rush** | present | the class | | | it | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through it=Trajectory | **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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