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title: What was all the scrubbing with the brushes about, anyway? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince L… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was all the scrubbing with the brushes about, anyway? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 12 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the…

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What was all the scrubbing with the brushes about, anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** scrub

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» 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/1665-pg5615-part54/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t12:1
# text = What was all the scrubbing with the brushes about, anyway?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scrubbing	scrub	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	brushes	brush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scrub** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | with the brushes | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=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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Scrubbing the floor clean of blood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t12:o1:1
# text = Scrubbing the floor clean of blood
1	Scrubbing	scrub	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scrub** | gerund |  | the floor |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent floor=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cleaning the bridal bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t12:o2:1
# text = Cleaning the bridal bed
1	Cleaning	clean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | gerund |  | the bridal bed |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bed=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Making the room smell of roses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t12:o3:1
# text = Making the room smell of roses
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | the room smell of roses |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset smell=Product |
| 2 | **smell** |  | roses |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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Turning the slimy lindorm back into a youth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t12:o4:1
# text = Turning the slimy lindorm back into a youth
1	Turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	slimy	slimy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lindorm	lindorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  | the slimy lindorm |  | a youth |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent lindorm=Theme into youth=Trajectory |

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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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