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title: What was the Carl like when he came bumping into camp, grand? — Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the D… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the Carl like when he came bumping into camp, grand? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1059 «Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of the Iron is beaten and the Carl is revealed as a god» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 6 · ★ · Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of th…

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What was the Carl like when he came bumping into camp, grand?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be, come, bump · **To what, where:** Carl, camp

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1059 «Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of the Iron is beaten and the Carl is revealed as a god» 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/1059-pg2892-part27/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t6:1
# text = What was the Carl like when he came bumping into camp, grand?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	bumping	bump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Carl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bump** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  | camp |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into camp=Location |
| 4 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Like a big messy lad, bawling for meal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t6:o1:1
# text = Like a big messy lad, bawling for meal
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	messy	messy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bawling	bawl	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bawl** *speech: other* | gerund | a big messy lad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for meal | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for meal=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like a messy lad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t6:o2:1
# text = Like a messy lad.
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	messy	messy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like a dirty old man, roaring for bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t6:o3:1
# text = Like a dirty old man, roaring for bread
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | gerund | a dirty old man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for bread | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for bread=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bawling, like.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t6:o4:1
# text = Bawling, like.
1	Bawling	bawling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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