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title: Which tree did he sit in to moan about his bad luck? — The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which tree did he sit in to moan about his bad luck? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1866 «The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked, then turned into a Blue Bird» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 8 · ★ · The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked,…

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Which tree did he sit in to moan about his bad luck?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tree · **What happens:** sit, moan

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1866 «The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked, then turned into a Blue Bird» 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/1866-pg7277-part3/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:t8:1
# text = Which tree did he sit in to moan about his bad luck?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	moan	moan	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past · do-support | which tree |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **moan** | to-infinitive | which tree *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about tree's bad luck | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about luck=Topic |

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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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An oak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:t8:o1:1
# text = An oak
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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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A cypress tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:t8:o2:1
# text = A cypress tree
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cypress	cypress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The dark fir tree near the lake where the frogs sing at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:t8:o3:1
# text = The dark fir tree near the lake where the frogs sing at night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the frogs |  |  |  | night |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A tall elm tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:t8:o4:1
# text = A tall elm tree
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	elm	elm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tree	tree	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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**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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