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title: Dead, what was the dwarf counting on the common? — Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dead, what was the dwarf counting on the common? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 7 · ★ · Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the d…

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Dead, what was the dwarf counting on the common?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** dwarf counting, common

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» 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/126-pg11027-part29/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t7:1
# text = Dead, what was the dwarf counting on the common?
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	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	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	counting	counting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the dwarf counting |  | the common |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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His jewels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t7:o1:1
# text = His jewels
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The stones he had dug up from the mountain and carried all the way home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t7:o2:1
# text = The stones he had dug up from the mountain and carried all the way home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	dug	dig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	home	home	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig up** | past · perfect · passive |  | the stones |  | the mountain |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from mountain=Material |
| 2 | **carry** | past |  | all way |  |  |  | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t7:o3:1
# text = His bread
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A bag of stolen gold coins and a silver crown from the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t7:o4:1
# text = A bag of stolen gold coins and a silver crown from the king
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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