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title: bro, what happened when the bed started rolling around? — Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Fort… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, what happened when the bed started rolling around? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 103 «Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 6: the youth fights the cats and the wild bed in the castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear…

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bro, what happened when the bed started rolling around?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bro, bed · **What happens:** happen, start, roll around

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 103 «Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 6: the youth fights the cats and the wild bed in the castle» 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/103-pg11027-part6/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t9:1
# text = bro, what happened when the bed started rolling around?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	around	around	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | bro |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **start** | past | the bed |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **roll around** | gerund | the bed *not said here* |  |  |  |  | around *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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it flipped over on him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t9:o1:1
# text = it flipped over on him
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flipped	flip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flip over** | past | it |  |  |  |  | on him *= he*; over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on he=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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it turned into a horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t9:o2:1
# text = it turned into a horse
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | it |  |  |  |  | into a horse *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into horse=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it floated out a window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t9:o3:1
# text = it floated out a window
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	floated	float	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float out** | past | it | a window |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location window=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it stopped by the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t9:o4:1
# text = it stopped by the fire
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | it |  |  |  |  | by the fire | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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