--- title: real talk, why was it hard to walk on the road? — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6… · tree and pragmatics description: real talk, why was it hard to walk on the road? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1591 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman tells how he lost his body and heart» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1591-pg55-part6/t13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1591-pg55-part6/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman te… real talk, why was it hard to walk on the road? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, walk · **To what, where:** road This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1591 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman tells how he lost his body and heart» 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/1591-pg55-part6/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t13:1 # text = real talk, why was it hard to walk on the road? 1 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 expl _ _ 7 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | | | | the road | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on road=Trajectory | 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} wet mud and slippery roots ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t13:o1:1 # text = wet mud and slippery roots 1 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} dead leaves and dried branches that crunched and snapped under their feet all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t13:o2:1 # text = dead leaves and dried branches that crunched and snapped under their feet all day 1 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 crunched crunch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 snapped snap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 under under ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **crunch** | past | dead leaves and dried branches | | | | day | | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **snap** | past | dead leaves and dried branches *not said here* | | | leaves's feet | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under foot=Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} thick mud, dead leaves and dried branches blocking the path to the Emerald City ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t13:o3:1 # text = thick mud, dead leaves and dried branches blocking the path to the Emerald City 1 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 9 blocking block VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Emerald Emerald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 City City PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **block** | gerund | thick mud and dead leaves and dried branches *not said here* | the path | | | | to the Emerald City | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer path=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} dead leaves and dried branches ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t13:o4:1 # text = dead leaves and dried branches 1 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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. 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