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title: What was the stork dancing for again? — Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the stork dancing for again? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1872 «Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 10 · ★ · Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget…

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What was the stork dancing for again?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stork · **What happens:** be, dance

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1872 «Hauff's Tales, The Caliph Stork, part 9: the storks forget the magic word and spend a night in a haunted ruin» 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/1872-pg7277-part9/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t10:1
# text = What was the stork dancing for again?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the stork |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dance** | gerund | the stork *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Her dad's guests, and she was doing a proper posh balance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t10:o1:1
# text = Her dad's guests, and she was doing a proper posh balance
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	balance	balance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | she | a proper posh balance |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her dad's servants, and she was showing off her wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t10:o2:1
# text = Her dad's servants, and she was showing off her wings
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show off** | past · progressive | Her dad's servants | her wings |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wing=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her dad's cook, and she was doing a fancy hop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t10:o3:1
# text = Her dad's cook, and she was doing a fancy hop
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hop	hop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | she | a fancy hop |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hop=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Her dad's guests, and she was doing a proper posh balance on one leg in front of the whole court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1872-pg7277-part9:t10:o4:1
# text = Her dad's guests, and she was doing a proper posh balance on one leg in front of the whole court
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	balance	balance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | she | a proper posh balance |  | one leg |  | in front of the whole court | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Eventuality |

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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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