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title: How did the birds get to the spring? — Household Tales, The Youth and the Wit… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the birds get to the spring? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1680 «Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: the birds lead him to the moonlit spring» 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 w
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# Test 7 · ★ · Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
How did the birds get to the spring?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** birds · **What happens:** do, get

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1680 «Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: the birds lead him to the moonlit spring» 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/1680-pg640-part4/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t7:1
# text = How did the birds get to the spring?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | the birds |  |  |  | spring |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 -->
They flew south, then perched on trees every so often to rest and wait.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t7:o1:1
# text = They flew south, then perched on trees every so often to rest and wait.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	south	south	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	perched	perch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | They |  |  |  |  | south *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **perch** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  | trees | then |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tree=Location |
| 3 | **rest** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **wait** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They flew south and perched on trees.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t7:o2:1
# text = They flew south and perched on trees.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	south	south	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	perched	perch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | They |  |  |  |  | south *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **perch** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  | trees |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tree=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They flew south over the hills and perched on tall trees near the spring.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t7:o3:1
# text = They flew south over the hills and perched on tall trees near the spring.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	south	south	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	perched	perch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	near	near	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | They |  |  | the hills |  | south *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Location |
| 2 | **perch** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  | tall trees near the spring |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tree=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They flew west and landed on roofs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t7:o4:1
# text = They flew west and landed on roofs.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	west	west	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	landed	land	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	roofs	roof	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | They |  |  |  |  | west *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **land** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  | roofs |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on roof=Destination |

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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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