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title: Dude, what's a fisherwoman even doing on the street? — Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laug… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, what's a fisherwoman even doing on the street? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 13 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the que…

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Dude, what's a fisherwoman even doing on the street?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude, fisherwoman · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** fisherwoman, street

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» 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/1849-pg7128-part33/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t13:1
# text = Dude, what's a fisherwoman even doing on the street?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fisherwoman	fisherwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Dude | a fisherwoman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | a fisherwoman *not said here* |  |  | the street |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Walking about the city streets looking for customers to buy her catch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t13:o1:1
# text = Walking about the city streets looking for customers to buy her catch
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about the city streets | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about street=Trajectory |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | the city streets *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for customers | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for customer=Theme |
| 3 | **buy** | to-infinitive | the city streets *not said here* | her catch |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent catch=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hunting for fish in the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t13:o2:1
# text = Hunting for fish in the river
1	Hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | gerund |  |  |  | the river |  | for fish | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for fish=Theme in river=Location |

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

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Selling fish by crying out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t13:o3:1
# text = Selling fish by crying out
1	Selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund |  | fish |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |
| 2 | **cry out** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Carrying fish to the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t13:o4:1
# text = Carrying fish to the palace
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund |  | fish |  | the palace |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fish=Theme to palace=Destination |

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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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