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title: what was the Wind's mum busy doing, like? — Fairy Tales, The Snuff-Box, part 33: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was the Wind's mum busy doing, like? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1896 «Fairy Tales, The Snuff-Box, part 33: a poor youth loses his magic box and goes looking for it across the sky» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Snuff-Box, part 33: a poor youth loses hi…

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what was the Wind's mum busy doing, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, do

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1896 «Fairy Tales, The Snuff-Box, part 33: a poor youth loses his magic box and goes looking for it across the sky» 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/1896-pg7277-part33/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1896-pg7277-part33:t12:1
# text = what was the Wind's mum busy doing, like?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Wind	Wind	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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washing clothes by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1896-pg7277-part33:t12:o1:1
# text = washing clothes by the river
1	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | gerund |  | clothes |  |  |  | by the river | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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sweeping floors with a broom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1896-pg7277-part33:t12:o2:1
# text = sweeping floors with a broom
1	sweeping	sweep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	broom	broom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep** | gerund |  | floors |  |  |  | with a broom | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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pouring wine for all the guests at the feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1896-pg7277-part33:t12:o3:1
# text = pouring wine for all the guests at the feast
1	pouring	pour	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | gerund |  | wine |  | the feast |  | for all guests | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent wine=Patient for guest=Beneficiary |

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

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filling barrels with water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1896-pg7277-part33:t12:o4:1
# text = filling barrels with water
1	filling	fill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | gerund |  | barrels |  |  |  | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent barrel=Patient with water=Instrument |

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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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