--- title: lowkey scary, what was that snake doing? — Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, par… · tree and pragmatics description: lowkey scary, what was that snake doing? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 184 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 24: a storm, a castle of giants, and a hungry snake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/184-pg128-part24/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/184-pg128-part24/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 24: a storm, a cas… lowkey scary, what was that snake doing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 184 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 24: a storm, a castle of giants, and a hungry snake» 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/184-pg128-part24/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:184-pg128-part24:t10:1 # text = lowkey scary, what was that snake doing? 1 lowkey lowkey ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 scary scary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} gliding over the sand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:184-pg128-part24:t10:o1:1 # text = gliding over the sand 1 gliding glide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 over over ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glide** | gerund | | | | the sand | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sand=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} gliding over the sand toward the sleeping men ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:184-pg128-part24:t10:o2:1 # text = gliding over the sand toward the sleeping men 1 gliding glide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 over over ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 toward toward ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glide** | gerund | | | | the sand | | toward the sleeping men | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme over sand=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} gliding slowly over the sand and hissing loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:184-pg128-part24:t10:o3:1 # text = gliding slowly over the sand and hissing loudly 1 gliding glide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 hissing hiss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 8 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glide** | gerund | | | | the sand | | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sand=Trajectory | | 2 | **hiss** | gerund | | | | | | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} crawling in the grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:184-pg128-part24:t10:o4:1 # text = crawling in the grass 1 crawling crawl VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crawl** | gerund | | | | the grass | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grass=Trajectory | **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. 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