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title: Bruv, what did the chaplain reckon the frogs sounded like? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what did the chaplain reckon the frogs sounded like? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1743 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 67: the Emperor hears of the bird, and the little kitchenmaid leads the Court to her in the wood» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 67: the Empe…

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Bruv, what did the chaplain reckon the frogs sounded like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** chaplain, frogs · **What happens:** reckon, sound

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1743 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 67: the Emperor hears of the bird, and the little kitchenmaid leads the Court to her in the wood» 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/1743-pg640-part67/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:t4:1
# text = Bruv, what did the chaplain reckon the frogs sounded like?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chaplain	chaplain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sounded	sound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the chaplain |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | past | the frogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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}

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a little church bell ringing over the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:t4:o1:1
# text = a little church bell ringing over the water
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	ringing	ring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | gerund | a little church bell *not said here* |  |  | the water |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over water=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a little church bell that rang every hour in the palace tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:t4:o2:1
# text = a little church bell that rang every hour in the palace tower
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past | a little church bell |  |  | the palace tower | hour |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tower=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a small clock ticking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:t4:o3:1
# text = a small clock ticking
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ticking	ticking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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a little church bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:t4:o4:1
# text = a little church bell
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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