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title: five tailors chasing the Wind all over the place, is that even real? — Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41:… · tree and pragmatics
description: five tailors chasing the Wind all over the place, is that even real? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 9 · ★ · Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her l…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
five tailors chasing the Wind all over the place, is that even real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** five tailors · **What happens:** chase, be · **To what, where:** Wind, place

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» 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/1652-pg5615-part41/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t9:1
# text = five tailors chasing the Wind all over the place, is that even real?
1	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tailors	tailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
3	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Wind	Wind	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | gerund | five tailors *not said here* | the Wind |  | the place |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wind=Theme over place=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | present | five tailors |  |  |  |  | real *property* | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it's a fairy tale, so sure, why not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t9:o1:1
# text = it's a fairy tale, so sure, why not
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a fairy tale |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it's a story, so yeah, pretty wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t9:o2:1
# text = it's a story, so yeah, pretty wild
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it's a story, so yeah, pretty wild, and the wind is the funniest bit of all

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t9:o3:1
# text = it's a story, so yeah, pretty wild, and the wind is the funniest bit of all
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	funniest	funny	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the wind | the funniest bit |  |  |  | of all | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it's a story, so yeah, pretty wild, tailors chasing wind is a classic

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:t9:o4:1
# text = it's a story, so yeah, pretty wild, tailors chasing wind is a classic
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	tailors	tailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	classic	classic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chase** | gerund | tailors *not said here* | wind |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | a story | a classic |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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