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title: Lush, so what did the boy use to cling on, like, his special trainers? — Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a sch… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lush, so what did the boy use to cling on, like, his special trainers? Test 14 · ★ 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 
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# Test 14 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with l…

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Lush, so what did the boy use to cling on, like, his special trainers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** use, cling on · **To what, where:** Lush

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t14:1
# text = Lush, so what did the boy use to cling on, like, his special trainers?
1	Lush	Lush	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	cling	cling	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · do-support | the boy | Lush |  |  |  | boy's special trainers *obl* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
| 2 | **cling on** | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cling-22.5 «NP V together»: 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}

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Iron nails in boots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t14:o1:1
# text = Iron nails in boots
1	Iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lynx fur on hands and feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t14:o2:1
# text = Lynx fur on hands and feet
1	Lynx	Lynx	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Lynx claws on hands and feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t14:o3:1
# text = Lynx claws on hands and feet
1	Lynx	Lynx	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lynx claws strapped firmly onto his hands, feet, and both knees for extra grip

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1704-pg640-part28:t14:o4:1
# text = Lynx claws strapped firmly onto his hands, feet, and both knees for extra grip
1	Lynx	Lynx	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	strapped	strap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	grip	grip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strap** | past | Lynx claws | both knees |  |  |  | for extra grip; onto his hands and feet; firmly *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient onto hand=Co-Patient |

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