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title: Dude, when did the sea girl come out of the water? — Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, when did the sea girl come out of the water? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1155 «Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 4 · ★ · Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the fals…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dude, when did the sea girl come out of the water?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** do, come out · **To what, where:** sea girl

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1155 «Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away» 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/1155-pg3027-part21/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t4:1
# text = Dude, when did the sea girl come out of the water?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the sea girl |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come out** | present | Dude |  |  |  |  | of the water; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At night, when the moon was full and high over the quiet sea and sand.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t4:o1:1
# text = At night, when the moon was full and high over the quiet sea and sand.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the moon |  |  | the quiet sea and sand | night | full *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the moon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Late at night, after the court was asleep, when the moon was out over the bay.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t4:o2:1
# text = Late at night, after the court was asleep, when the moon was out over the bay.
1	Late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
15	out	out	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	over	over	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	bay	bay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the court |  |  |  | night | asleep *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the moon |  |  | the bay |  | out *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Early one morning at the shore.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t4:o3:1
# text = Early one morning at the shore.
1	Early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At night when the moon was out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t4:o4:1
# text = At night when the moon was out
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the moon |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |

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