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title: Sus, how was the sea when he got to the shore the first time? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sus, how was the sea when he got to the shore the first time? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1938 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: the greedy wife wants to be emperor, then pope, then god, and ends back in her hut» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: the greed…

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Sus, how was the sea when he got to the shore the first time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sus · **What happens:** be, get · **To what, where:** sea

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1938 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: the greedy wife wants to be emperor, then pope, then god, and ends back in her hut» 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/1938-pg7277-part75/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:t6:1
# text = Sus, how was the sea when he got to the shore the first time?
1	Sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	_
15	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Sus and the sea *not said here* | the sea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | Sus and the sea |  |  |  | time | to the shore *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to shore=Result |

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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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dark and foaming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:t6:o1:1
# text = dark and foaming
1	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	foaming	foaming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a wild storm with waves higher than towers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:t6:o2:1
# text = a wild storm with waves higher than towers
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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black, thick, and covered with cold foam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:t6:o3:1
# text = black, thick, and covered with cold foam
1	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	foam	foam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle · passive |  | black |  |  |  | with cold foam | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with foam=Theme |

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

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black and thick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:t6:o4:1
# text = black and thick
1	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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