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title: Ugh, the river was mad swollen, so how'd Shiyu get across? — Myths and Legends of China, The Shinan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ugh, the river was mad swollen, so how'd Shiyu get across? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1349 «Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage, part 9: Kotei beats the fog and crosses the river in boats made after a spider's leaf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Po…

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Ugh, the river was mad swollen, so how'd Shiyu get across?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** river, Shiyu · **What happens:** be, get

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1349 «Myths and Legends of China, The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage, part 9: Kotei beats the fog and crosses the river in boats made after a spider's leaf» 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/1349-pg4018-part9/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t11:1
# text = Ugh, the river was mad swollen, so how'd Shiyu get across?
1	Ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	swollen	swollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	_
12	Shiyu	Shiyu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
14	across	across	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the river |  |  |  |  | swollen *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | Shiyu |  |  |  |  | across *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

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he swam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t11:o1:1
# text = he swam
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
by a rope bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t11:o2:1
# text = by a rope bridge
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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by magic, dead quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t11:o3:1
# text = by magic, dead quick
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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by sending his soldiers across on a hidden bridge of stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1349-pg4018-part9:t11:o4:1
# text = by sending his soldiers across on a hidden bridge of stone
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	across	across	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund |  | his soldiers |  | a hidden bridge of stone |  | across *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=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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