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title: bro, so the sister just sat in a tree for ages? what was she even do… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, so the sister just sat in a tree for ages? what was she even doing up there? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 121 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers from the fire, and Rapunzel begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister save…

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bro, so the sister just sat in a tree for ages? what was she even doing up there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro, she · **What happens:** sit, do up · **To what, where:** tree

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 121 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers from the fire, and Rapunzel begins» 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/121-pg11027-part24/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:t1:1
# text = bro, so the sister just sat in a tree for ages? what was she even doing up there?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	obj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	even	even	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | bro and the sister |  |  | a tree | for ages |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location |
| 2 | **do up** | past · progressive | she |  |  | there |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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sewing star-flower shirts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:t1:o1:1
# text = sewing star-flower shirts
1	sewing	sew	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
2	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	shirts	shirt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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sewing moon-flower socks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:t1:o2:1
# text = sewing moon-flower socks
1	sewing	sew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	socks	sock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | gerund |  | flower socks |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sock=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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weaving silk ribbons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:t1:o3:1
# text = weaving silk ribbons
1	weaving	weave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weave** | gerund |  | silk ribbons |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ribbon=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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just sitting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:t1:o4:1
# text = just sitting
1	just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «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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