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title: Bro, what was the angel doing in the fir-wood? — Andersen, The Story of the Year, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what was the angel doing in the fir-wood? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1032 «Andersen, The Story of the Year, part 243: Summer rests in autumn and the old Winter waits for the stork» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen, The Story of the Year, part 243: Summer rests in…

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Bro, what was the angel doing in the fir-wood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro, angel · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** angel, fir wood

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1032 «Andersen, The Story of the Year, part 243: Summer rests in autumn and the old Winter waits for the stork» 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/1032-pg27200-part243/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1032-pg27200-part243:t9:1
# text = Bro, what was the angel doing in the fir-wood?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	angel	angel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	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 angel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the angel *not said here* |  |  | the fir wood |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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blessing the young fir trees in the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1032-pg27200-part243:t9:o1:1
# text = blessing the young fir trees in the snow
1	blessing	bless	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bless** | gerund |  | the young fir trees |  | the snow |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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watering the fir cones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1032-pg27200-part243:t9:o2:1
# text = watering the fir cones
1	watering	water	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cones	cone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **water** | gerund |  | the fir cones |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent cone=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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planting the new seeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1032-pg27200-part243:t9:o3:1
# text = planting the new seeds
1	planting	plant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | gerund |  | the new seeds |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient |

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

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blessing the young trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1032-pg27200-part243:t9:o4:1
# text = blessing the young trees
1	blessing	bless	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bless** | gerund |  | the young trees |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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