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title: guy at the park says come see his puppies in the van — Chain messages, lures and scam messages · tree and pragmatics
description: guy at the park says come see his puppies in the van Test 13 · ★ of lesson 282 «Chain messages, lures and scam messages» 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 wrong.
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# Test 13 · ★ · Chain messages, lures and scam messages

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guy at the park says come see his puppies in the van

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guy · **What happens:** say, come, see · **To what, where:** puppies, van · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 282 «Chain messages, lures and scam messages» 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/282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t13:1
# text = guy at the park says come see his puppies in the van
1	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	van	van	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | guy at the park |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive | guy at the park *not said here* | guy's puppies |  | the van |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer puppy=Stimulus |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Go if he seems really kind and has a nice smile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t13:o1:1
# text = Go if he seems really kind and has a nice smile
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	smile	smile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **seem** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | present | he *not said here* | a nice smile |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ask him to bring the puppies out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t13:o2:1
# text = Ask him to bring the puppies out
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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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* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bring out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the puppies |  |  |  | out *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent puppy=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, run to a safe adult and tell them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t13:o3:1
# text = No, run to a safe adult and tell them
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a safe adult *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to adult=Result |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Go but only for a minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:282-chain-messages-lures-and-scam-messages:t13:o4:1
# text = Go but only for a minute
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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