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title: Were the cod and turbot dancing too, ya? — pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Co… · tree and pragmatics
description: Were the cod and turbot dancing too, ya? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1304 «pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Connor's magic pipes set fish, feet and folk dancing» 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 r
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# Test 12 · ★ · pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Connor's magic pipes s…

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Were the cod and turbot dancing too, ya?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cod · **What happens:** dance · **To what, where:** ya

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1304 «pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Connor's magic pipes set fish, feet and folk dancing» 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/1304-pg3454-part29/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:t12:1
# text = Were the cod and turbot dancing too, ya?
1	Were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cod	cod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	turbot	turbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
9	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past · progressive | the cod and turbot | ya |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location you=Theme |

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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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Yes, they caper'd gaily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, they caper'd gaily
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	caper	caper	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'd	'd	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	gaily	gaily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **caper** | present | they |  |  |  |  | gaily *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, every fish in the sea came up and capered gaily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, every fish in the sea came up and capered gaily
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	capered	caper	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
12	gaily	gaily	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | past | every fish in the sea |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **caper** | participle | every fish in the sea *not said here* |  |  |  |  | gaily *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, they hopped about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, they hopped about
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hopped	hop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hop about** | past | they |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, they just swam slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:t12:o4:1
# text = No, they just swam slowly
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | past | they |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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