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title: bro, what was the old man doing with all that fire? — Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, what was the old man doing with all that fire? Test 3 · ★ 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 pragm
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Waldemar Daa and His Daughters, part 239…

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bro, what was the old man doing with all that fire?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro, old man · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** old man

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t3:1
# text = bro, what was the old man doing with all that fire?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
8	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | bro | the old man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the old man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with all fire | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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building a secret ship in the locked room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t3:o1:1
# text = building a secret ship in the locked room
1	building	build	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | gerund |  | a secret ship |  | the locked room |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ship=Product |
| 2 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
trying to make gold, the sneaky chancer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t3:o2:1
# text = trying to make gold, the sneaky chancer
1	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	chancer	chancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | gerund |  | the sneaky chancer |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | gold |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gold=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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trying to make gold in the locked room, the sneaky chancer who wanted to be rich

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t3:o3:1
# text = trying to make gold in the locked room, the sneaky chancer who wanted to be rich
1	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	chancer	chancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
17	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | gold |  | the locked room |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gold=Product |
| 3 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **want** | past | the sneaky chancer |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot |
| 5 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the sneaky chancer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
hiding his cows from the king's men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1028-pg27200-part239:t3:o4:1
# text = hiding his cows from the king's men
1	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  | his cows |  |  |  | from the king's men | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cow=Patient from man=Beneficiary |

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