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title: what's the deal with the fiery rivers? — Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gn… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the deal with the fiery rivers? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1249 «Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle his hills and serves three masters» 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
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle…

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what's the deal with the fiery rivers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deal · **What happens:** be

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1249 «Fairy Tales, Rübezahl, part 50: the gnome sees men settle his hills and serves three masters» 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/1249-pg3282-part50/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t12:1
# text = what's the deal with the fiery rivers?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the deal with the fiery rivers |  |  |  |  |  | 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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they burn up the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t12:o1:1
# text = they burn up the forest
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	burn	burn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn up** | present | they | the forest |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent forest=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
gnomes dig deep canals below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t12:o2:1
# text = gnomes dig deep canals below
1	gnomes	gnome	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dig	dig	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	canals	canal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	below	below	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | present | gnomes | deep canals |  |  |  | below *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent canal=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fire rivers under the hills heat the rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t12:o3:1
# text = fire rivers under the hills heat the rock
1	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	heat	heat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | present | fire rivers under the hills | the rock |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rock=Patient |

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

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gnomes build barriers to hold them back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1249-pg3282-part50:t12:o4:1
# text = gnomes build barriers to hold them back
1	gnomes	gnome	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	barriers	barrier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | gnomes | barriers |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barrier=Product |
| 2 | **hold back** | to-infinitive | gnomes *not said here* | barriers *= barrier* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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