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title: what's the rule about the Wind, is he sad or dead chill? — Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the rule about the Wind, is he sad or dead chill? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1028 «Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239: the forest is felled, the ship is never sold, and the gold-making ends in smoke» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239…

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what's the rule about the Wind, is he sad or dead chill?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** rule

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1028 «Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239: the forest is felled, the ship is never sold, and the gold-making ends in smoke» 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/1028-pg27200-part239/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t12:1
# text = what's the rule about the Wind, is he sad or dead chill?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
14	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the rule |  |  |  | about the Wind | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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dead chill, he just passes by and blows stuff, singing down chimneys all day long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t12:o1:1
# text = dead chill, he just passes by and blows stuff, singing down chimneys all day long
1	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	chimneys	chimney	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass by** | present | dead chill |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **blow** | present | dead chill *not said here* | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |
| 3 | **sing down** *speech: express* | gerund | dead chill *not said here* | chimneys |  |  | day | long *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chimney=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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dead chill, he just passes by and blows stuff around the land and then he's gone again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t12:o2:1
# text = dead chill, he just passes by and blows stuff around the land and then he's gone again
1	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	blows	blow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	around	around	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
19	again	again	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | present | dead chill |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stuff** | present | blows |  |  | the land |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent around land=Destination |
| 3 | **go** | present · passive | chill |  |  |  | then; again |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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dead chill, he just passes by and blows stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t12:o3:1
# text = dead chill, he just passes by and blows stuff
1	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass by** | present | dead chill |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **blow** | present | dead chill *not said here* | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he's mostly calm but blows the snow about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t12:o4:1
# text = he's mostly calm but blows the snow about
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | calm, mostly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **blow** | present | he *not said here* | the snow |  |  |  | about *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent snow=Patient |

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