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title: Bruh, when did the swans fly off? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, when did the swans fly off? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1013 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 224: the duckling survives the hunters, a cottage, and a freezing winter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 224: the d…

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Bruh, when did the swans fly off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** swans · **What happens:** fly off

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1013 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 224: the duckling survives the hunters, a cottage, and a freezing winter» 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/1013-pg27200-part224/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t8:1
# text = Bruh, when did the swans fly off?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly off** | past · do-support | the swans |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «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 -->
In the late evening after the cold rain had stopped falling on the moor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t8:o1:1
# text = In the late evening after the cold rain had stopped falling on the moor
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past · perfect |  |  |  |  | evening |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  | the moor |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on moor=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Early in the morning, while the frost still covered the reeds and the stream

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t8:o2:1
# text = Early in the morning, while the frost still covered the reeds and the stream
1	Early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past |  | the frost |  |  | still | early *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reed=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At sunset, when the clouds glowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t8:o3:1
# text = At sunset, when the clouds glowed
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	glowed	glow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | past | the clouds |  |  |  | sunset |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When the wind began to blow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t8:o4:1
# text = When the wind began to blow
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | the wind |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **blow** | to-infinitive | the wind *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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