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title: wait, why did the Princesses wanna chill by the pond? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why did the Princesses wanna chill by the pond? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1512 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Moria Castle, part 9: Halvor's parents know him, then the Princesses vanish and he sets out again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 3 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Moria Castle, part 9:…

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wait, why did the Princesses wanna chill by the pond?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Princesses · **What happens:** wait, chill

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1512 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Soria Moria Castle, part 9: Halvor's parents know him, then the Princesses vanish and he sets out again» 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/1512-pg540-part9/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t3:1
# text = wait, why did the Princesses wanna chill by the pond?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Princesses	Princess	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	dep	_	_
8	chill	chill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 | **chill** | past · do-support | the Princesses |  |  |  |  | by the pond | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the grass was soft and it was a pretty spot near the pond, like, obvi, bro

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t3:o1:1
# text = cause the grass was soft and it was a pretty spot near the pond, like, obvi, bro
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	near	near	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	obvi	obvi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	parataxis	_	_
```

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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 grass |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | past | grass | a pretty spot |  | the pond |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause it was a pretty spot, like, obvi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t3:o2:1
# text = cause it was a pretty spot, like, obvi
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	obvi	obvi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
```

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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 | it | a pretty spot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the pond was kinda chill, like, obvi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t3:o3:1
# text = cause the pond was kinda chill, like, obvi
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	chill	chill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	obvi	obvi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	conj	_	_
```

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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 | **is** | past | the cause pond |  |  |  |  | chill, kinda *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause they wanted to sit by the pond and talk about the castle and Halvor, like, obvi, lol

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1512-pg540-part9:t3:o4:1
# text = cause they wanted to sit by the pond and talk about the castle and Halvor, like, obvi, lol
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	Halvor	Halvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	obvi	obvi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
21	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | cause | obvi |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | obvi *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the pond | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by pond=Location |
| 3 | **talk** | infinitive | obvi *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the castle and Halvor | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about castle=Topic |

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