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title: Kai from Auckland says, "Chur, why are these old songs free for ever… — Songs and rhymes · tree and pragmatics
description: Kai from Auckland says, "Chur, why are these old songs free for everyone to sing?" What's the reason? Test 10 of lesson 31 «Songs and rhymes» of the French 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 10 · Songs and rhymes

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Kai from Auckland says, "Chur, why are these old songs free for everyone to sing?" What's the reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kai, old songs, reason · **What happens:** say, be, sing · **To what, where:** Chur · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 31 «Songs and rhymes» of the French 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/french/31-songs-and-rhymes/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai from Auckland says, "Chur, why are these old songs free for everyone to sing?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:31-songs-and-rhymes:t10:1
# text = Kai from Auckland says, "Chur, why are these old songs free for everyone to sing?"
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Chur	Chur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	obl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Kai from Auckland | Chur |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent chur=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | this old songs |  |  |  |  | for everyone; free *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | this old songs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the reason?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:31-songs-and-rhymes:t10:2
# text = What's the reason?
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	4	det	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Their singers are all still paid by the school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:31-songs-and-rhymes:t10:o1:1
# text = Their singers are all still paid by the school
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	singers	singer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present · passive | the school | Their singers |  |  | still | all *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |

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

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They are so old that nobody owns them any more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:31-songs-and-rhymes:t10:o2:1
# text = They are so old that nobody owns them any more
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
7	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	any	any	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **own** | present | nobody | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They were made by a French teacher last year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:31-songs-and-rhymes:t10:o3:1
# text = They were made by a French teacher last year
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive | a French teacher | They |  |  | year |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are free only in France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:french:31-songs-and-rhymes:t10:o4:1
# text = They are free only in France
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  | France |  | free *property* | tree rules |

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