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title: Proper, what did the Lord of Avesnes do when he saw her? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Proper, what did the Lord of Avesnes do when he saw her? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pi…

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Proper, what did the Lord of Avesnes do when he saw her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lord · **What happens:** do, see · **To what, where:** her

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» 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/1565-pg540-part62/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t5:1
# text = Proper, what did the Lord of Avesnes do when he saw her?
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Avesnes	Avesne	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the Lord of Avesnes |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **see** | past | Lord | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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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}

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nearly fell backwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t5:o1:1
# text = nearly fell backwards
1	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past |  |  |  |  |  | backwards, nearly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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stumbled back against the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t5:o2:1
# text = stumbled back against the wall
1	stumbled	stumble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stumble back** | participle |  |  |  | the wall |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against wall=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
laughed loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t5:o3:1
# text = laughed loudly
1	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past |  |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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covered his eyes and turned away in horror

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t5:o4:1
# text = covered his eyes and turned away in horror
1	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	away	away	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	horror	horror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past |  | his eyes |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Destination |
| 2 | **turn away** | past |  |  |  | horror |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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