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title: Did the swallow actually go down and find out what was going on? — Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a sch… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the swallow actually go down and find out what was going on? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1704 «Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with lynx claws, cuts the eagle's feet, and wins the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with l…

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Did the swallow actually go down and find out what was going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** swallow, go down, find out, go on · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1704 «Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with lynx claws, cuts the eagle's feet, and wins the Princess» 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/1704-pg640-part28/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t10:1
# text = Did the swallow actually go down and find out what was going on?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	ccomp	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go down** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | actually, down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **find out** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **go on** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it went and came back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t10:o1:1
# text = Yeah, it went and came back
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come back** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it sat on a branch for a long time and only pretended to fly down to look

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t10:o2:1
# text = No, it sat on a branch for a long time and only pretended to fly down to look
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	down	down	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | it |  |  | a branch | time |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on branch=Location |
| 2 | **pretend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fly down** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it zipped down and came back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t10:o3:1
# text = Yeah, it zipped down and came back
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	zipped	zip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **zip down** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **come back** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it flew down and returned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, it flew down and returned
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly down** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **return** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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