--- title: Mila's mate: «a letter once a year? that's nothing». What does it me… — Adoption · tree and pragmatics description: Mila's mate: «a letter once a year? that's nothing». What does it mean to Mila? Test 6 of lesson 522 «Adoption» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/522-adoption/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Adoption](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/522-adoption/) / t6 # Test 6 · Adoption Mila's mate: «a letter once a year? that's nothing». What does it mean to Mila? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, letter · **What happens:** be, mean · **To what, where:** nothing, Mila This is test 6 of lesson 522 «Adoption» 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/522-adoption/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mila's mate: «a letter once a year? that's nothing». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t6:1 # text = Mila's mate: «a letter once a year? that's nothing». 1 Mila Mila PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 advmod _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | nothing | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does it mean to Mila? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t6:2 # text = What does it mean to Mila? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Mila Mila PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | letter | | Mila | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot what=Theme to mila=Attribute | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A lot; she keeps every one safe ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t6:o1:1 # text = A lot; she keeps every one safe 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | she | a lot | | | | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nothing; she throws them away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t6:o2:1 # text = Nothing; she throws them away 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw away** | present | she | them *= they* | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She's never read any of them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t6:o3:1 # text = She's never read any of them 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | She | | | | | read *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It's just boring junk mail to her, like adverts ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:522-adoption:t6:o4:1 # text = It's just boring junk mail to her, like adverts 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 junk junk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 mail mail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 adverts advert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | boring junk mail and adverts | her *= she* | | | | tree rules | **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. 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