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title: what did he see on the bank when the moon came out? — Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did he see on the bank when the moon came out? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did he see on the bank when the moon came out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he, moon · **What happens:** see, come out · **To what, where:** bank

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» 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/1216-pg3282-part17/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t10:1
# text = what did he see on the bank when the moon came out?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | he |  |  | the bank |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come out** | past | the moon |  |  |  |  | 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 -->
a dark shape near the tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t10:o1:1
# text = a dark shape near the tree
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a golden-haired woman standing half hidden by the ferns, her hair shining wet in the moonlight

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t10:o2:1
# text = a golden-haired woman standing half hidden by the ferns, her hair shining wet in the moonlight
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	haired	haired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	6	obj	_	_
8	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ferns	fern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
15	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | a golden haired woman and her hair *not said here* | half |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer half=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  | half *not said here* |  |  |  | by the ferns | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fern=Location |
| 3 | **shine** | gerund | her hair *not said here* |  |  | the moonlight |  | wet *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in moonlight=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a golden-haired woman by the ferns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t10:o3:1
# text = a golden-haired woman by the ferns
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	haired	haired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ferns	fern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a tall golden-haired woman with a white dress and bare feet, standing in the shallows of the pool

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t10:o4:1
# text = a tall golden-haired woman with a white dress and bare feet, standing in the shallows of the pool
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	haired	haired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	shallows	shallow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | a tall golden haired woman with a white dress and bare feet *not said here* |  |  | the shallows of the pool |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shallow=Location |

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