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title: So what was the fountain doing when they got there? — Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what was the fountain doing when they got there? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1877 «Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood, saved by the Fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood…

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So what was the fountain doing when they got there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fountain, they · **What happens:** be, do, get · **To what, where:** fountain

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1877 «Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood, saved by the Fairy» 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/1877-pg7277-part14/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t1:1
# text = So what was the fountain doing when they got there?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the fountain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the fountain *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | past | they |  |  | there |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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just sitting there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t1:o1:1
# text = just sitting there
1	just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dry as dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t1:o2:1
# text = dry as dust
1	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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gurgling away, all frothy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t1:o3:1
# text = gurgling away, all frothy
1	gurgling	gurgle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	compound	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
5	frothy	frothy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gurgle away** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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going mental, all bubbling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t1:o4:1
# text = going mental, all bubbling
1	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bubbling	bubble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | mental *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bubble** | gerund | all |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

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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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