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title: Wait, why'd the Scarecrow just stand there all night? — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discov… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why'd the Scarecrow just stand there all night? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1598 «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 13: Dorothy meets the great Head and is given a hard task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 3 · ★ · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrib…

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Wait, why'd the Scarecrow just stand there all night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Scarecrow · **What happens:** wait, stand

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1598 «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 13: Dorothy meets the great Head and is given a hard task» 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/1598-pg55-part13/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:t3:1
# text = Wait, why'd the Scarecrow just stand there all night?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Scarecrow	Scarecrow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | infinitive | the Scarecrow |  |  | there | night |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He couldn't rest lying down, so he stood watching a spider

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:t3:o1:1
# text = He couldn't rest lying down, so he stood watching a spider
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rest** | could | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie down** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stand** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **watch** | gerund | he *not said here* | a spider |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spider=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:t3:o2:1
# text = He was scared
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted to watch the stars all night from the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:t3:o3:1
# text = He wanted to watch the stars all night from the window
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the stars |  | the window | night |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was too stiff to lie down, so he stood by the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:t3:o4:1
# text = He was too stiff to lie down, so he stood by the wall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | stiff *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie down** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stand** | past | he |  |  |  |  | by the wall | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wall=Location |

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