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title: What did the whole town do when the reward was mad big? — The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the whole town do when the reward was mad big? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1689 «The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prince Saphir sets out to find the magic bird that cured his father» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 6 · ★ · The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prin…

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What did the whole town do when the reward was mad big?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reward · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** whole town

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1689 «The Green Fairy Book, The Little Green Frog, part 13: Prince Saphir sets out to find the magic bird that cured his father» 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/1689-pg640-part13/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t6:1
# text = What did the whole town do when the reward was mad big?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the whole town |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | the reward |  |  |  |  | big *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ran into the fields in no time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t6:o1:1
# text = Ran into the fields in no time
1	Ran	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | participle |  |  |  |  | time | into the fields *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into field=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ran off to the forest quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t6:o2:1
# text = Ran off to the forest quickly
1	Ran	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to the forest *result*; quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to forest=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ran into the fields and the hills and the woods in no time at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t6:o3:1
# text = Ran into the fields and the hills and the woods in no time at all
1	Ran	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | participle |  |  |  |  | time | into the fields and the hills and the woods *result*; at all | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into field=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Searched every field, every river and every wood for the bird in no time

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1689-pg640-part13:t6:o4:1
# text = Searched every field, every river and every wood for the bird in no time
1	Searched	search	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | participle |  | every field and every wood |  |  | time | for the bird | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent field=Location for bird=Theme |

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