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title: did the doves just sit there being sad for no reason? — Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the doves just sit there being sad for no reason? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1153 «Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy goldsmith is undone, and a kind stepdaughter is rewarded by doves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 9 · ★ · Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy golds…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
did the doves just sit there being sad for no reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** doves

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1153 «Indian Tales, The Enchanted Wreath, part 1: a greedy goldsmith is undone, and a kind stepdaughter is rewarded by doves» 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/1153-pg3027-part19/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t9:1
# text = did the doves just sit there being sad for no reason?
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the doves |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dove=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for no reason; sad *property* | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they were soaked and hungry, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they were soaked and hungry, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they were soaked, hungry, and stuck on the axe handle, mate, poor things

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t9:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they were soaked, hungry, and stuck on the axe handle, mate, poor things
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **stick** | participle |  |  |  | the axe handle and mate and poor things |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on handle=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they were just happy birds, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t9:o3:1
# text = Nah, they were just happy birds, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | happy birds and mate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they were tired and cold, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1153-pg3027-part19:t9:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they were tired and cold, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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