--- title: Be real, what was the magic tree actually doing? — Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian… · tree and pragmatics description: Be real, what was the magic tree actually doing? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1191 «Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the mink escapes the wolves, and a brave's father drowns and returns as a baby» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1191-pg3027-part57/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1191-pg3027-part57/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the m… Be real, what was the magic tree actually doing? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** real magic tree · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** real magic tree This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1191 «Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the mink escapes the wolves, and a brave's father drowns and returns as a baby» 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/1191-pg3027-part57/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:t9:1 # text = Be real, what was the magic tree actually doing? 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ _ 2 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 actually actually ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the real magic tree | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | gerund | the real magic tree | | | | | actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} It stopped ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:t9:o1:1 # text = It stopped 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | It | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} It grew taller and taller ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:t9:o2:1 # text = It grew taller and taller 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | It | | | | | tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It carried the son up through the clouds until he saw the whole world spread out beneath him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:t9:o3:1 # text = It carried the son up through the clouds until he saw the whole world spread out beneath him 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 9 until until SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry up** | past | It | the son | | the clouds | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | he | the whole world | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus | | 3 | **spread out** | participle | | the whole world *not said here* | | | | beneath him *= he* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath he=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It kept rising higher and higher ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:t9:o4:1 # text = It kept rising higher and higher 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 rising rise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | | high *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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