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title: nordenskiold was out there in the ice with vega — Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23:… · tree and pragmatics
description: nordenskiold was out there in the ice with vega Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 10 · ★ · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nordenskiold was out there in the ice with vega

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nordenskiold · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** ice

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» 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/1298-pg3454-part23/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t10:1
# text = nordenskiold was out there in the ice with vega
1	nordenskiold	nordenskiold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	vega	vega	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | nordenskiold |  |  | the ice with vega |  | out, there *property* | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, looking for a way through, but the ice had trapped the ship for a long time

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t10:o1:1
# text = yep, looking for a way through, but the ice had trapped the ship for a long time
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	through	through	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for a way; through *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for way=Theme |
| 2 | **trap** | past · perfect · passive |  | the ice |  |  | time |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, looking for a way through the ice and also hunting for lost whales near the coast

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t10:o2:1
# text = yep, looking for a way through the ice and also hunting for lost whales near the coast
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	also	also	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	near	near	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  | the ice |  | for a way | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for way=Theme through ice=Location |
| 2 | **hunt** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for lost whales near the coast | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for whale=Theme |
| 3 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, looking for a way through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t10:o3:1
# text = yep, looking for a way through
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	through	through	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for a way; through *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for way=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, trying to get through the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t10:o4:1
# text = yep, trying to get through the ice
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the ice |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through ice=Destination |

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