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title: Why was the forest walk so scary for the dude? — Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was the forest walk so scary for the dude? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 118 «Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, and offers to help thieves rob a pastor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, an…

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Why was the forest walk so scary for the dude?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** forest walk

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 118 «Grimm, Thumbling, part 21: a tiny boy is sold, escapes, and offers to help thieves rob a pastor» 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/118-pg11027-part21/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t12:1
# text = Why was the forest walk so scary for the dude?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the forest walk |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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He was scared because wolves might come out of the trees and eat him whole in one bite

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t12:o1:1
# text = He was scared because wolves might come out of the trees and eat him whole in one bite
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come out** | might | wolves |  |  |  |  | of the trees; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **eat** | present | He *not said here* | him *= he* |  | one bite |  | whole *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Walking in the dark is risky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t12:o2:1
# text = Walking in the dark is risky
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	risky	risky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | present | Walking |  |  |  |  | risky *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Walking in the dark can break your neck because the roots and rocks are hidden from view

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t12:o3:1
# text = Walking in the dark can break your neck because the roots and rocks are hidden from view
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory |
| 2 | **break** | can | Walking | your neck |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient |
| 3 | **hide** | present · passive |  | the roots and rocks |  | view |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from view=Beneficiary |

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

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Walking in the dark breaks necks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:118-pg11027-part21:t12:o4:1
# text = Walking in the dark breaks necks
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	necks	neck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Trajectory |
| 2 | **break** | present | Walking | necks |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient |

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