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title: Did he dodge towns, like totally avoid them, or what? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did he dodge towns, like totally avoid them, or what? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 6 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did he dodge towns, like totally avoid them, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** dodge, avoid · **To what, where:** towns

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» 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/1888-pg7277-part25/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t6:1
# text = Did he dodge towns, like totally avoid them, or what?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dodge	dodge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dodge** | past · do-support | he | towns |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent town=Location |
| 2 | **avoid** | present |  | towns *= town* |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent they=Location |

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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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Yeah, he went right round them all cos he was scared of people taking the mick out of his name

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t6:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he went right round them all cos he was scared of people taking the mick out of his name
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
15	taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	mick	mick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	out	out	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he | all cos |  |  |  | round them *= they* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round they=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | of people; scared *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** | gerund | people *not said here* | the mick |  | his name |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent mick=Theme out name=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **name** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, cos he feared the joke about his name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, cos he feared the joke about his name
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | he | the joke |  |  |  | about his name | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus |
| 2 | **name** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Nah, he went through every town he could find cos he wanted everyone to see him and laugh at his name

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t6:o3:1
# text = Nah, he went through every town he could find cos he wanted everyone to see him and laugh at his name
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	obj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	laugh	laugh	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  | every town |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through town=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **find** | could | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **want** | past | he | everyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 5 | **laugh** | present | he *not said here* |  |  | his name |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **name** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he just fancied the open road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1888-pg7277-part25:t6:o4:1
# text = Nah, he just fancied the open road
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** | past | he | the open road |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus |

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