--- title: In the three-cups game, if the helper knows where the sweet is and a… — Sounds wrong, but is right · tree and pragmatics description: In the three-cups game, if the helper knows where the sweet is and always lifts an empty cup you didn't pick, switching wins 2 times out of 3. Who acts: helper, you, switching. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (helper, you, switching), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right.lesson:9 # text = In the three-cups game, if the helper knows where the sweet is and always lifts an empty cup you didn't pick, switching wins 2 times out of 3. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = world # lesson = 182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): no change 1 In in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ _ 5 cups cup NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 compound _ _ 6 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 helper helper NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sweet sweet NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 15 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 18 advmod _ _ 18 lifts lift VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 switching switch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 csubj _ _ 28 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 30 nmod _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the helper | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | present | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **lift** | present | the helper *not said here* | a empty cup | | | | always *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme | | 4 | **not** **pick** | past · do-support | you | a empty cup *not said here* | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient | | 5 | **switch** | gerund | | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **win** | present | switching | | | the cups game | time | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in game=Eventuality | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right.lesson:9`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): no change. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Sounds wrong, but is right, 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/8/) - next →: [Sounds wrong, but is right, 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/11/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/)