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title: Wait, why did the Yara look nervous at the end? — Folk Tales, The Cunning Hare, part 18:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why did the Yara look nervous at the end? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1217 «Folk Tales, The Cunning Hare, part 18: Alonzo faces the Yara and the hare calls up a spell» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 4 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Cunning Hare, part 18: Alonzo faces the Ya…

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Wait, why did the Yara look nervous at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Yara · **What happens:** wait, look

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1217 «Folk Tales, The Cunning Hare, part 18: Alonzo faces the Yara and the hare calls up a spell» 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/1217-pg3282-part18/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:t4:1
# text = Wait, why did the Yara look nervous at the end?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Yara	Yara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	nervous	nervous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | past · do-support | the Yara |  |  |  |  | nervous *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He kept pushing forward and she was wavering

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:t4:o1:1
# text = He kept pushing forward and she was wavering
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	wavering	waver	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **push forward** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **waver** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was scared of the pistol shot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:t4:o2:1
# text = She was scared of the pistol shot
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	pistol	pistol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | of the pistol shot; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He kept pushing forward and she was wavering, so she turned to look at the sea shell

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:t4:o3:1
# text = He kept pushing forward and she was wavering, so she turned to look at the sea shell
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	wavering	waver	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **push forward** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **waver** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **turn** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the sea shell | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at shell=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He kept pushing forward and she was wavering because the pistol had been loaded with silver

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:t4:o4:1
# text = He kept pushing forward and she was wavering because the pistol had been loaded with silver
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	wavering	waver	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pistol	pistol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	loaded	load	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **push forward** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **waver** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **load** | past · perfect · passive |  | the pistol |  |  |  | with silver | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with silver=Theme |

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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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