--- title: Yo, what was the old hermit doing by the stream? — Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: t… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what was the old hermit doing by the stream? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1253 «Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and the hermit's prophecy» 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 wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1253-pg3282-part54/t6/) [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 Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1253-pg3282-part54/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and t… Yo, what was the old hermit doing by the stream? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old hermit · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** old hermit This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1253 «Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and the hermit's prophecy» 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/1253-pg3282-part54/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t6:1 # text = Yo, what was the old hermit doing by the stream? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the old hermit | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the old hermit *not said here* | | | | | by the stream | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} washing his old robes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t6:o1:1 # text = washing his old robes 1 washing wash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | gerund | | his old robes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} fishing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t6:o2:1 # text = fishing 1 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} chucking dry leaves in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t6:o3:1 # text = chucking dry leaves in 1 chucking chuck VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck** | gerund | | dry leaves | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} praying ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1253-pg3282-part54:t6:o4:1 # text = praying 1 praying pray VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | gerund | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | **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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