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title: A boy wants to tear branches off a young living tree to make a fort.… — Safe and kind in gardens and forests · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy wants to tear branches off a young living tree to make a fort. What is a better idea? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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 r
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# Test 6 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A boy wants to tear branches off a young living tree to make a fort. What is a better idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** want, tear, make, be · **To what, where:** branches, fort, better idea

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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/229-gardens-and-forests/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy wants to tear branches off a young living tree to make a fort.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t6:1
# text = A boy wants to tear branches off a young living tree to make a fort.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	tear	tear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fort	fort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **tear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a boy *not said here* | branches |  |  |  | off a young living tree | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent branch=Patient off tree=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | a boy *not said here* | a fort |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fort=Product |

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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 is a better idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t6:2
# text = What is a better idea?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a better idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Take branches from the very top of the tree so that nobody notices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t6:o1:1
# text = Take branches from the very top of the tree so that nobody notices
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	nsubj	_	_
13	notices	notice	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | branches |  | the top of the tree |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent branch=Theme from top=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **notice** | present | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Use fallen sticks, because living trees are homes and take years to grow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t6:o2:1
# text = Use fallen sticks, because living trees are homes and take years to grow
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | fallen sticks |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient |
| 2 | **fall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | present | living trees | homes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **take** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **grow** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Take only the green branches, because they bend easily and grow back by next week

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t6:o3:1
# text = Take only the green branches, because they bend easily and grow back by next week
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	bend	bend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	grow	grow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the green branches |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme |
| 2 | **bend** | present | branches *= branch* |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **grow back** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | week |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Peel the bark off first so the branches are easier to snap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t6:o4:1
# text = Peel the bark off first so the branches are easier to snap
1	Peel	peel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	parataxis	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	snap	snap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peel off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bark |  |  |  | first *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bark=Source |
| 2 | **is** | present | the branches |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **snap** | to-infinitive | the branches *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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