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title: Wicked, how did the three robbers sit while the traders danced? — Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wicked, how did the three robbers sit while the traders danced? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1840 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks the pitchers at the well» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks…

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Wicked, how did the three robbers sit while the traders danced?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** three robbers, traders · **What happens:** sit, dance

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1840 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu, part 1: the prince breaks the pitchers at the well» 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/1840-pg7128-part24/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:t9:1
# text = Wicked, how did the three robbers sit while the traders danced?
1	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	traders	trader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past · do-support | the three robbers |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **dance** | past | the traders |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «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}

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like stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:t9:o1:1
# text = like stones
1	like	like	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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like three monarchs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:t9:o2:1
# text = like three monarchs
1	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	monarchs	monarch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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like three merchants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:t9:o3:1
# text = like three merchants
1	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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like three beggars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1840-pg7128-part24:t9:o4:1
# text = like three beggars
1	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	beggars	beggar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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