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title: Did the sparrows actually see the inside of the room? — Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the sparrows actually see the inside of the room? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1629 «Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed for Christmas, hears a story, and is then shut away in a dark loft» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed fo…

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Did the sparrows actually see the inside of the room?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sparrows · **What happens:** see · **To what, where:** inside

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1629 «Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed for Christmas, hears a story, and is then shut away in a dark loft» 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/1629-pg5615-part18/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t4:1
# text = Did the sparrows actually see the inside of the room?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	inside	inside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | the sparrows | the inside of the room |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer inside=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Yeah, they peeked in the door, innit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t4:o1:1
# text = "Yeah, they peeked in the door, innit."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	peeked	peek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peek** *in a quote* | past | they |  |  |  |  | in the door | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in door=Theme |
| 2 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Nah, they never got in, but they flew round the house and peeped through the big frosty windows, they did."

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t4:o2:1
# text = "Nah, they never got in, but they flew round the house and peeped through the big frosty windows, they did."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
12	round	round	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	peeped	peep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
17	through	through	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
20	frosty	frosty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get in** *in a quote* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **fly** *in a quote* | past | they |  |  | the house |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round house=Trajectory |
| 3 | **peep** *in a quote* | participle | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | through the big frosty windows | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through window=Theme |
| 4 | **do** *in a quote* | past | windows *= window* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Yeah, they peeped through the windows on tiptoe, they did, and saw the whole tree."

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t4:o3:1
# text = "Yeah, they peeped through the windows on tiptoe, they did, and saw the whole tree."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	peeped	peep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	tiptoe	tiptoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peep** *in a quote* | past | they |  |  |  |  | through the windows on tiptoe | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through window=Theme |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past | windows *= window* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **see** *in a quote* | past | they *not said here* | the whole tree |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Yeah, they peeped through the windows, they did."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t4:o4:1
# text = "Yeah, they peeped through the windows, they did."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	peeped	peep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peep** *in a quote* | past | they |  |  |  |  | through the windows | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through window=Theme |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past | windows *= window* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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