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title: nan posted me a present, it came today — Phones, visiting friends, presents and… · tree and pragmatics
description: nan posted me a present, it came today Test 12 · ★ of lesson 222 «Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes

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nan posted me a present, it came today

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nan, present · **What happens:** post, come · **To what, where:** me

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 222 «Phones, visiting friends, presents and thank-you notes» of the everyday 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/everyday/222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t12:1
# text = nan posted me a present, it came today
1	nan	nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	posted	post	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | past | nan | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | present |  |  |  | today |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Ask what it cost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t12:o1:1
# text = Ask what it cost
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cost	cost	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cost** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme what=Value |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Say nothing, she knows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t12:o2:1
# text = Say nothing, she knows
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait until Christmas to mention it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t12:o3:1
# text = Wait until Christmas to mention it
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	mention	mention	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | until Christmas |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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

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Phone, message or write soon to say it arrived and you liked it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:222-phones-visits-presents-and-thank-you-notes:t12:o4:1
# text = Phone, message or write soon to say it arrived and you liked it
1	Phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **arrive** | past | message |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **like** | past | you | message |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=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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