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title: Bro, why was the dude sleeping in the snow? — Northern Tales, The Underground Worker… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, why was the dude sleeping in the snow? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1787 «Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans is led to a cave of gold and tiny smiths» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 2 · ★ · Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans…

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Bro, why was the dude sleeping in the snow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dude · **What happens:** sleep · **To what, where:** snow

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1787 «Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans is led to a cave of gold and tiny smiths» 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/1787-pg641-part38/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:t2:1
# text = Bro, why was the dude sleeping in the snow?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	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	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past · progressive | the dude |  |  | the snow |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in snow=Location |

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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 -->
He wandered off and hid under some branches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:t2:o1:1
# text = He wandered off and hid under some branches
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wandered	wander	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wander off** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | some branches |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under branch=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He got lost in a blizzard after leaving his mates at the pub and crashed out in the snow

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:t2:o2:1
# text = He got lost in a blizzard after leaving his mates at the pub and crashed out in the snow
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	blizzard	blizzard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pub	pub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	crashed	crash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive |  | He |  | a blizzard |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund |  | his mates |  | the pub |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mate=Theme at pub=Location |
| 3 | **crash out** | past |  |  |  | the snow |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in snow=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He got lost and found a bush for shelter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:t2:o3:1
# text = He got lost and found a bush for shelter
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **find** | past |  | a bush |  |  |  | for shelter | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bush=Theme for shelter=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was lost and sheltered by a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:t2:o4:1
# text = He was lost and sheltered by a tree
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sheltered	shelter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive | a tree | He |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **shelter** | participle | a tree *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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