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title: bro why were the crows flying to the mountain — Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro why were the crows flying to the mountain Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1874 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch makes Jenik rich, then his wife steals it and leaves him alone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch m…

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bro why were the crows flying to the mountain

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro, crows · **What happens:** be, fly · **To what, where:** crows

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1874 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Watch, part 11: a magic watch makes Jenik rich, then his wife steals it and leaves him alone» 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/1874-pg7277-part11/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:t10:1
# text = bro why were the crows flying to the mountain
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	advmod	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | bro | the crows |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund | the crows *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the mountain *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to mountain=Result |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because the serpent's king ordered them to carry Jenik's watch to the southern kingdom across the sea

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:t10:o1:1
# text = because the serpent's king ordered them to carry Jenik's watch to the southern kingdom across the sea
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
10	Jenik	Jenik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	across	across	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | the serpent's king |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the serpent's king *not said here* | Jenik's watch |  | the sea |  | to the southern kingdom | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent watch=Theme to kingdom=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because winter came and they fly to other countries to find food and warmer weather for the season

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:t10:o2:1
# text = because winter came and they fly to other countries to find food and warmer weather for the season
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
15	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | winter |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fly** | present | they |  |  |  |  | to other countries *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to country=Result |
| 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | food and warmer weather |  |  | season |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because winter came and they fly to other countries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:t10:o3:1
# text = because winter came and they fly to other countries
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | winter |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fly** | present | they |  |  |  |  | to other countries *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to country=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they wanted to find the lost watch in the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1874-pg7277-part11:t10:o4:1
# text = they wanted to find the lost watch in the snow
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the lost watch |  | the snow |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Topic |
| 3 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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