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title: Bruh, why did the courtiers just stand around? — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discov… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, why did the courtiers just stand around? Test 7 · ★ 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 questio
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# Test 7 · ★ · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrib…

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Bruh, why did the courtiers just stand around?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** courtiers · **What happens:** stand around

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:t7:1
# text = Bruh, why did the courtiers just stand around?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	around	around	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand around** | past · do-support | the courtiers |  |  |  |  | around *property* | 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 {#o1}

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They were waiting for the Wizard's gift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:t7:o1:1
# text = They were waiting for the Wizard's gift
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Wizard	Wizard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | They |  |  |  |  | for the Wizard's gift | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **gift** |  | the Wizard |  |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They wanted to ask Oz a question

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:t7:o2:1
# text = They wanted to ask Oz a question
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Oz	Oz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | a question | Oz |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They wanted a peek at Oz but never got one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:t7:o3:1
# text = They wanted a peek at Oz but never got one
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	peek	peek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Oz	Oz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | They | a peek |  | Oz |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot peek=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **get** | past | They *not said here* | one |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They wanted a peek at Oz and to bring him gifts, but the guards always sent them home again

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:t7:o4:1
# text = They wanted a peek at Oz and to bring him gifts, but the guards always sent them home again
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	peek	peek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Oz	Oz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	compound	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
16	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	17	advmod	_	_
17	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	home	home	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
20	again	again	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | They | a peek |  | Oz and bring gifts |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot peek=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |
| 3 | **send** | past | the guards | gifts *= gift* |  |  | again | always, home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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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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