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title: Kai changes "I will see you tomorrow" into "I will see you yesterday… — Grammar puzzles, part two · tree and pragmatics
description: Kai changes "I will see you tomorrow" into "I will see you yesterday". What did he forget? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Grammar puzzles, part two» of the language 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 8 · ★★★ · Grammar puzzles, part two

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Kai changes "I will see you tomorrow" into "I will see you yesterday". What did he forget?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kai, I · **What happens:** change, see, forget · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Grammar puzzles, part two» of the language 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/language/36-grammar-puzzles-part-two/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai changes "I will see you tomorrow" into "I will see you yesterday".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:t8:1
# text = Kai changes "I will see you tomorrow" into "I will see you yesterday".
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
10	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Kai |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** *in a quote* | future | I | you |  |  | tomorrow |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
| 3 | **see** *in a quote* | future | I | you |  |  | yesterday |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What did he forget?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:t8:2
# text = What did he forget?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past · do-support | Kai |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, his sentence makes perfect sense

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:t8:o1:1
# text = Nothing, his sentence makes perfect sense
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Nothing | perfect sense |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sense=Product |
| 2 | **sentence** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sentence «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To change "tomorrow" into "today"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:t8:o2:1
# text = To change "tomorrow" into "today"
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	change	change	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | today; tomorrow |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To add a question mark at the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:t8:o3:1
# text = To add a question mark at the end
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | a question mark |  |  | at the end |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To change the verb into the past as well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:36-grammar-puzzles-part-two:t8:o4:1
# text = To change the verb into the past as well
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	change	change	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	2	advmod	_	_
9	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | to-infinitive |  | the verb |  |  |  | into the past *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent verb=Patient into past=Result |

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