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title: Sick, what was all the town covered in when he woke up? — Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sick, what was all the town covered in when he woke up? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1899 «Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Ludovine from the goblins, sleeps through his chances, and is carried off to the Low Countries.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Lud…

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Sick, what was all the town covered in when he woke up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** sick, be, cover, wake up · **To what, where:** town

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1899 «Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 36: John rescues Ludovine from the goblins, sleeps through his chances, and is carried off to the Low Countries.» 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/1899-pg7277-part36/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:t12:1
# text = Sick, what was all the town covered in when he woke up?
1	Sick	sick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sick** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | all town |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cover** | participle |  | all town *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **wake up** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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loads of flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:t12:o1:1
# text = loads of flowers
1	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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houses wreathed with flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:t12:o2:1
# text = houses wreathed with flowers
1	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	wreathed	wreathe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wreathe** | participle |  | houses *not said here* |  |  |  | with flowers | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flower=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a parade of noisy lorries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:t12:o3:1
# text = a parade of noisy lorries
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parade	parade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lorries	lorry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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ships all decked out in flags

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1899-pg7277-part36:t12:o4:1
# text = ships all decked out in flags
1	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	decked	deck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deck out** | participle | ships |  |  | flags |  | all *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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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