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title: so who was the baby in the grass, fr? — Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater… · tree and pragmatics
description: so who was the baby in the grass, fr? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1273 «Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stolen boy is found by his parents, and a wood-child is adopted by a chieftain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stole…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so who was the baby in the grass, fr?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** baby, grass

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1273 «Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stolen boy is found by his parents, and a wood-child is adopted by a chieftain» 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/1273-pg338-part10/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:t4:1
# text = so who was the baby in the grass, fr?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the baby and fr |  | the grass |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A lost child in the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:t4:o1:1
# text = A lost child in the grass
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wood-child in soft brown buckskins that some hunter had wrapped and hidden in the reeds

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:t4:o2:1
# text = A wood-child in soft brown buckskins that some hunter had wrapped and hidden in the reeds
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	buckskins	buckskin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | past · perfect · passive |  | soft brown buckskins |  | the reeds |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in reed=Destination |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wood-child in buckskins, left alone in the tall grass by someone who never returned

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:t4:o3:1
# text = A wood-child in buckskins, left alone in the tall grass by someone who never returned
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	buckskins	buckskin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
17	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle · passive | someone | a wood child in buckskins |  | the tall grass |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in grass=Location |
| 2 | **not** **return** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wood-child in buckskins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:t4:o4:1
# text = A wood-child in buckskins
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	buckskins	buckskin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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