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title: Proper random, but how did the youth get across that river? — Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the y… · tree and pragmatics
description: Proper random, but how did the youth get across that river? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1940 «Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleeping Princess and wins her kingdom» 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 4 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleep…

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Proper random, but how did the youth get across that river?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youth · **What happens:** be, get · **To what, where:** river

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1940 «Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleeping Princess and wins her kingdom» 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/1940-pg7277-part77/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t4:1
# text = Proper random, but how did the youth get across that river?
1	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	youth	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | the youth |  |  | that river |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across river=Destination |

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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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He waved the wand and the river parted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t4:o1:1
# text = He waved the wand and the river parted
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	parted	part	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | He | the wand |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Patient |
| 2 | **part** | past | the river |  |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He rode a horse through the flood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t4:o2:1
# text = He rode a horse through the flood
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | He | a horse |  | the flood |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme through flood=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He just swam across

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t4:o3:1
# text = He just swam across
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	across	across	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | past | He |  |  |  |  | across *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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He used the wand to bounce the waves apart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t4:o4:1
# text = He used the wand to bounce the waves apart
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bounce	bounce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | He | the wand |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Patient |
| 2 | **bounce** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the waves |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Agent |

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