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title: Dude, what was lying all over that plain? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, what was lying all over that plain? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1319 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool, part 44: Peronnik snares the korigan and rides off» 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 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool, part 44: Peronnik s…

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Dude, what was lying all over that plain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** lie · **To what, where:** plain

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1319 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool, part 44: Peronnik snares the korigan and rides off» 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/1319-pg3454-part44/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:t4:1
# text = Dude, what was lying all over that plain?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past · progressive | Dude |  |  | that plain |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over plain=Location |

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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 -->
fallen trees and ruined carts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:t4:o1:1
# text = fallen trees and ruined carts
1	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **ruin** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
skeletons of men and horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:t4:o2:1
# text = skeletons of men and horses
1	skeletons	skeleton	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
countless bones of soldiers, mules and horses in sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:t4:o3:1
# text = countless bones of soldiers, mules and horses in sand
1	countless	countless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	mules	mule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the bleached skeletons of men, horses and wolves alike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:t4:o4:1
# text = the bleached skeletons of men, horses and wolves alike
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bleached	bleach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	skeletons	skeleton	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	alike	alike	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bleach** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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