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title: Fr, the messenger found him hopping round the fire? — Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Fr, the messenger found him hopping round the fire? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1437 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 24: the little man tears himself in two, and the merchant finds a magic castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 24: the little man…

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Fr, the messenger found him hopping round the fire?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** messenger, Fr · **What happens:** find, hop · **To what, where:** Fr, fire

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1437 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 24: the little man tears himself in two, and the merchant finds a magic castle» 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/1437-pg503-part24/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1437-pg503-part24:t5:1
# text = Fr, the messenger found him hopping round the fire?
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
8	round	round	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | the messenger | Fr |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **hop** | gerund | Fr *not said here* |  |  | the fire |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round fire=Trajectory |

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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}

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Yeah, he was dancing on the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1437-pg503-part24:t5:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he was dancing on the grass
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, on one leg, like a total weirdo, hopping around the fire and singing a silly song

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1437-pg503-part24:t5:o2:1
# text = Yep, on one leg, like a total weirdo, hopping around the fire and singing a silly song
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	weirdo	weirdo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
13	around	around	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hop** | gerund |  |  |  | the fire |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around fire=Trajectory |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  | a silly song |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, he was hopping round the fire on one leg like a total weirdo and yelling at everyone

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1437-pg503-part24:t5:o3:1
# text = Yep, he was hopping round the fire on one leg like a total weirdo and yelling at everyone
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	weirdo	weirdo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hop** | past · progressive | he |  |  | one leg like a total weirdo |  | round the fire | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round fire=Trajectory |
| 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at everyone | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at everyone=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, on one leg, like a total weirdo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1437-pg503-part24:t5:o4:1
# text = Yep, on one leg, like a total weirdo
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	weirdo	weirdo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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

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