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title: Crying woman: «lost me purse, need a tenner for the train». What's t… — A stranger's story · tree and pragmatics
description: Crying woman: «lost me purse, need a tenner for the train». What's the kindest safe thing? Test 9 of lesson 446 «A stranger's story» 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 9 · A stranger's story

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Crying woman: «lost me purse, need a tenner for the train». What's the kindest safe thing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kindest safe thing · **What happens:** cry, lose, need, be · **To what, where:** woman, me, tenner · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 of lesson 446 «A stranger's story» 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/446-a-strangers-story/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Crying woman: «lost me purse, need a tenner for the train».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t9:1
# text = Crying woman: «lost me purse, need a tenner for the train».
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
2	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tenner	tenner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  | woman |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Topic |
| 2 | **lose** *in a quote* | past |  | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **need** *in a quote* | present |  | a tenner |  |  |  | for the train | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tenner=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the kindest safe thing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t9:2
# text = What's the kindest safe thing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	kindest	kind	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the kindest safe thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Take her to a station worker or police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t9:o1:1
# text = Take her to a station worker or police
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	police	police	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  | a station worker or police |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to worker=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Walk away and tell no-one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t9:o2:1
# text = Walk away and tell no-one
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | no one |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Walk her home yourself, holding her hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t9:o3:1
# text = Walk her home yourself, holding her hand
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | yourself *obl*; home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Agent |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund | you *not said here* | her hand |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Give her all your pocket money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t9:o4:1
# text = Give her all your pocket money
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | your pocket money | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient money=Theme |

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