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title: then there's a soldier walking the high road, left right, left right — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast… · tree and pragmatics
description: then there's a soldier walking the high road, left right, left right Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1001 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Tinderbox, part 212: the tin soldier melts in the stove, and a soldier meets a witch by a hollow tree» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
then there's a soldier walking the high road, left right, left right

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** soldier · **What happens:** be, walk, leave · **To what, where:** high road

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1001 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Tinderbox, part 212: the tin soldier melts in the stove, and a soldier meets a witch by a hollow tree» of the books 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/books/1001-pg27200-part212/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t10:1
# text = then there's a soldier walking the high road, left right, left right
1	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
6	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
15	right	right	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a soldier |  |  | there | then |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | a soldier *not said here* | the high road |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme road=Trajectory |
| 3 | **leave** | past |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he's home from war and meets a creepy witch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t10:o1:1
# text = yeah, he's home from war and meets a creepy witch
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  | war |  | home *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **meet** | present | he *not said here* | a creepy witch |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he's back from the wars, marching along, and he meets a scary old witch with a saggy lip and a stick

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t10:o2:1
# text = yeah, he's back from the wars, marching along, and he meets a scary old witch with a saggy lip and a stick
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	marching	march	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	along	along	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	saggy	saggy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	lip	lip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  | the wars |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **march** | gerund | the wars |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **meet** | present | he | a scary old witch and a stick |  |  |  | with a saggy lip | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent witch=Theme with lip=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he's back from the wars and he meets a scary old witch on the high road who wants him to do something weird

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t10:o3:1
# text = yeah, he's back from the wars and he meets a scary old witch on the high road who wants him to do something weird
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
20	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
25	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	24	obj	_	_
26	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  | the wars |  | back *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **meet** | present | he | a scary old witch |  | the high road |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **want** | present | the high road | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he's back from the wars and he meets a scary old witch

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1001-pg27200-part212:t10:o4:1
# text = yeah, he's back from the wars and he meets a scary old witch
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  | the wars |  | back *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **meet** | present | he | a scary old witch |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Co-Agent |

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