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title: Wait, why did the kids go Piff puff bang, yeah? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why did the kids go Piff puff bang, yeah? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1630 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree: the old tree is burned, and a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree: the old tree is burn…

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Wait, why did the kids go Piff puff bang, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, kids · **What happens:** wait, go · **To what, where:** Piff puff bang

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1630 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree: the old tree is burned, and a new tale begins» 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/1630-pg5615-part19/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1630-pg5615-part19:t10:1
# text = Wait, why did the kids go Piff puff bang, yeah?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	Piff	Piff	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	puff	puff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bang	bang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 | **go** | past · do-support | the kids | Piff puff bang |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bang=Theme |

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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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Cos each sigh of the tree sounded just like a pistol shot going off in the room

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1630-pg5615-part19:t10:o1:1
# text = Cos each sigh of the tree sounded just like a pistol shot going off in the room
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	sigh	sigh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	sounded	sound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	pistol	pistol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
13	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	off	off	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | past |  | a pistol shot |  |  |  | cos each sigh of the tree | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shot=Theme |
| 2 | **go off** | gerund | a pistol shot *not said here* |  |  | the room |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in room=Location |
| 3 | **sigh** |  |  | the tree |  |  |  |  | nom sigh «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos each sigh sounded like a gun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1630-pg5615-part19:t10:o2:1
# text = Cos each sigh sounded like a gun
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	sigh	sigh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sounded	sound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | participle |  | each sigh *not said here* |  |  |  | like a gun | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos every sigh the tree gave out sounded exactly like a loud pistol shot from the yard

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1630-pg5615-part19:t10:o3:1
# text = Cos every sigh the tree gave out sounded exactly like a loud pistol shot from the yard
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	sigh	sigh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	sounded	sound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	pistol	pistol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give out** | past | the tree | every sigh *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sigh=Theme |
| 2 | **sound** | past |  |  |  |  |  | cos every sigh; like a loud pistol shot from the yard | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos each sigh sounded like a shot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1630-pg5615-part19:t10:o4:1
# text = Cos each sigh sounded like a shot
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	sigh	sigh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sounded	sound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | participle |  | each sigh *not said here* |  |  |  | like a shot | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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