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title: Dude, why'd the church end up with bones swept out every morning? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Vampire and St… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, why'd the church end up with bones swept out every morning? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1107 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, part 13: the boy buys the holy image and is sent to the church» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 6 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, part 13: t…

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Dude, why'd the church end up with bones swept out every morning?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** end up, sweep out · **To what, where:** church, bones

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1107 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, part 13: the boy buys the holy image and is sent to the church» 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/1107-pg29672-part13/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:t6:1
# text = Dude, why'd the church end up with bones swept out every morning?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
7	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	swept	sweep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | present |  | the church |  |  |  | with bones | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **sweep out** | participle |  | bones *not said here* |  |  | morning |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the floor was never cleaned properly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:t6:o1:1
# text = the floor was never cleaned properly
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	cleaned	clean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **clean** | past · passive |  | the floor |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the bones of the drowned sailors were brought there after every storm at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:t6:o2:1
# text = the bones of the drowned sailors were brought there after every storm at sea
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bring** | past · passive |  | the bones of the drowned sailors |  | there | after every storm at sea |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
merchants kept dying there reading prayers aloud at the altar every single night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:t6:o3:1
# text = merchants kept dying there reading prayers aloud at the altar every single night
1	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dying	die	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | merchants | dying reading prayers |  | the altar | night | aloud *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme at altar=Location |
| 2 | **die** | gerund |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **read** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
merchants kept dying there reading prayers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:t6:o4:1
# text = merchants kept dying there reading prayers
1	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dying	die	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | merchants |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** | gerund | merchants *not said here* | reading prayers |  | there |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **read** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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