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title: Why'd the kids go to the woods on Midsummer, innit? — Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl c… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd the kids go to the woods on Midsummer, innit? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1637 «Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then melts at Midsummer» 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then mel…

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Why'd the kids go to the woods on Midsummer, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids, you · **What happens:** go, innit · **To what, where:** Midsummer

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1637 «Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then melts at Midsummer» 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/1637-pg5615-part26/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t5:1
# text = Why'd the kids go to the woods on Midsummer, innit?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Midsummer	midsummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | would | the kids |  |  | Midsummer |  | to the woods | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wood=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **innit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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Because the children wanted to fetch the water from the stream before the holiday began

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t5:o1:1
# text = Because the children wanted to fetch the water from the stream before the holiday began
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	before	before	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
15	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the children |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the children *not said here* | the water |  | the stream | before the holiday |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent water=Theme from stream=Source |
| 3 | **begin** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To dance and play for the big holiday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t5:o2:1
# text = To dance and play for the big holiday
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dance	dance	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for the big holiday | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for holiday=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To pick some flowers and berries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t5:o3:1
# text = To pick some flowers and berries
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | to-infinitive |  | some flowers and berries |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To watch the villagers light the huge fire and sing the old songs together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t5:o4:1
# text = To watch the villagers light the huge fire and sing the old songs together
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	light	light	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	together	together	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | to-infinitive | the villagers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **light** | present | the villagers | the huge fire |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the villagers *not said here* | the old songs |  |  |  | together *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

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