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title: Nah, why did the duck keep swimming up the gutter? — Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Lit… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nah, why did the duck keep swimming up the gutter? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1559 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood: a kind girl and a rude girl get very different gifts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood:…

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Nah, why did the duck keep swimming up the gutter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, keep, swim up · **To what, where:** duck, gutter

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1559 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood: a kind girl and a rude girl get very different gifts» 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/1559-pg540-part56/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:t6:1
# text = Nah, why did the duck keep swimming up the gutter?
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gutter	gutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the duck |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duck=Eventuality |
| 2 | **keep** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **swim up** | gerund |  | the gutter |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gutter=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To check on the Queen and the baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:t6:o1:1
# text = To check on the Queen and the baby
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | on the Queen and the baby | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on queen=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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To see if the King was home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:t6:o2:1
# text = To see if the King was home
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the King |  |  |  |  | home *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To find food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:t6:o3:1
# text = To find food
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | food |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To watch over the stolen baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1559-pg540-part56:t6:o4:1
# text = To watch over the stolen baby
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the stolen baby |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over baby=Location |
| 2 | **steal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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