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title: what was Peter, like, doing in the wood? — Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: P… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was Peter, like, doing in the wood? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1902 «Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches a crowd and the Princess laughs at last» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches…

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what was Peter, like, doing in the wood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Peter · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** Peter, wood

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1902 «Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches a crowd and the Princess laughs at last» 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/1902-pg7277-part39/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1902-pg7277-part39:t8:1
# text = what was Peter, like, doing in the wood?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Peter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | Peter *not said here* |  |  | the wood |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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gathering sticks and crying loudly for his mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1902-pg7277-part39:t8:o1:1
# text = gathering sticks and crying loudly for his mum
1	gathering	gather	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | gerund |  | sticks |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for his mum; loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for mum=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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walking alone looking for the swan in the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1902-pg7277-part39:t8:o2:1
# text = walking alone looking for the swan in the trees
1	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | walking |  |  | the trees |  | for the swan | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for swan=Theme in tree=Location |

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

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gathering sticks and crying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1902-pg7277-part39:t8:o3:1
# text = gathering sticks and crying
1	gathering	gather	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | gerund |  | sticks |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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singing by the stream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1902-pg7277-part39:t8:o4:1
# text = singing by the stream
1	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | by the stream | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by stream=Location |

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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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