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title: «I'm tamping, I wrote happyly and she marked it wrong». What should… — Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness… · tree and pragmatics
description: «I'm tamping, I wrote happyly and she marked it wrong». What should Rhys remember? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 9 «Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment» 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 ri
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment

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«I'm tamping, I wrote happyly and she marked it wrong». What should Rhys remember?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, she, Rhys · **What happens:** tamp, write, mark, remember · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 9 «Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment» 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/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I'm tamping, I wrote happyly and she marked it wrong».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t1:1
# text = «I'm tamping, I wrote happyly and she marked it wrong».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	tamping	tamp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	happyly	happyly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	marked	mark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tamp** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **write** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  | happyly *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **mark** *in a quote* | past | she | it |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |

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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 should Rhys remember?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t1:2
# text = What should Rhys remember?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Rhys	Rhys	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | should | Rhys |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Double the y: happyyly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t1:o1:1
# text = Double the y: happyyly
1	Double	double	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	y	y	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
5	happyyly	happyyly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double** | imperative | you *not said here* | the y |  |  |  | happyyly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent y=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Drop the y: happly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t1:o2:1
# text = Drop the y: happly
1	Drop	drop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	y	y	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	happly	happly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | imperative | you *not said here* | the y |  |  |  | happly *obl* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent y=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Just add -ly to every word, whatever it ends in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t1:o3:1
# text = Just add -ly to every word, whatever it ends in
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ly	ly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | ly |  |  |  | to every word | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent ly=Patient to word=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **end in** | present | word | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality whatever=Eventuality |

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

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Consonant + y changes to i: happily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment:t1:o4:1
# text = Consonant + y changes to i: happily
1	Consonant	consonant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	3	cc	_	_
3	y	y	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	i	i	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Consonant + y |  | i |  |  | happily *property* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to i=Result |

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