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title: what was the wife yelling, like, mid-run? — Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was the wife yelling, like, mid-run? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1546 «Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees death, but the voice still finds his family» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 5 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees…

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what was the wife yelling, like, mid-run?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** wife yelling

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1546 «Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees death, but the voice still finds his family» 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/1546-pg540-part43/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t5:1
# text = what was the wife yelling, like, mid-run?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	yelling	yelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mid-run	mid-run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the wife yelling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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I am coming, I am coming, I am running as fast as I can to you

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t5:o1:1
# text = I am coming, I am coming, I am running as fast as I can to you
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
12	as	as	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **run** | present · progressive | I |  | you |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to you=Result |

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

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I am coming, I am coming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t5:o2:1
# text = I am coming, I am coming
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I come now, I come now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t5:o3:1
# text = I come now, I come now
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | I |  |  |  | now |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | present | I |  |  |  | now |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I am coming, I am coming, please keep calling me, I am on my way

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t5:o4:1
# text = I am coming, I am coming, please keep calling me, I am on my way
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	xcomp	_	_
12	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
15	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **call** | gerund | I *not said here* |  | me |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |
| 5 | **is** | present | I |  |  | my way |  |  | tree rules |

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