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title: when they got to Farmer's house what was outside the door? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer W… · tree and pragmatics
description: when they got to Farmer's house what was outside the door? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
when they got to Farmer's house what was outside the door?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** get, be

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» 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/1570-pg540-part67/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t11:1
# text = when they got to Farmer's house what was outside the door?
1	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | they |  |  |  |  | to Farmer's house *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | outside the door | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a great many dead bodies lying in heaps, the eagle said not to worry and to keep walking

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t11:o1:1
# text = a great many dead bodies lying in heaps, the eagle said not to worry and to keep walking
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	heaps	heap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	worry	worry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
19	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund | a great many dead bodies *not said here* |  |  | heaps |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in heap=Location |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the eagle | heaps *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **worry** | to-infinitive | the eagle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the eagle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **walk** | gerund | the eagle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a great many dead bodies, the eagle said not to worry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t11:o2:1
# text = a great many dead bodies, the eagle said not to worry
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	worry	worry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a great many dead bodies |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **worry** | to-infinitive | a great many dead bodies *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a row of tall barrels, the dog snoring loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t11:o3:1
# text = a row of tall barrels, the dog snoring loudly
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	snoring	snore	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snore** | gerund | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a great many dead bodies, and the eagle said not to worry about them at all

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:t11:o4:1
# text = a great many dead bodies, and the eagle said not to worry about them at all
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	worry	worry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the eagle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **worry** | to-infinitive | the eagle *not said here* |  |  | all |  | about bodies *= body* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about they=Stimulus |

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