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title: Wait, why kept the coach snapping every time? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why kept the coach snapping every time? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, why kept the coach snapping every time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, coach · **What happens:** wait, keep, snap · **To what, where:** coach

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» 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/1445-pg503-part32/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t2:1
# text = Wait, why kept the coach snapping every time?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	snapping	snap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | participle | you *not said here* | the coach |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coach=Theme |
| 3 | **snap** | gerund | the coach *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause the wood was rubbish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t2:o1:1
# text = Cause the wood was rubbish
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the wood | rubbish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause the trace-pins kept breaking and nobody fixed the thing properly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t2:o2:1
# text = Cause the trace-pins kept breaking and nobody fixed the thing properly
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	trace	trace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	pins	pin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
10	fixed	fix	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **keep** | past | the Cause trace pins |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **break** | gerund | the Cause trace pins *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **fix** | past | nobody | the thing |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause the horses were far too tired and the wheels were stuck in mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t2:o3:1
# text = Cause the horses were far too tired and the wheels were stuck in mud
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | past | the horses |  |  |  |  | far, tired *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | the wheels |  |  | mud |  | stuck *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause the horses were lazy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t2:o4:1
# text = Cause the horses were lazy
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is** | past | the horses |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |

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