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title: yo so the hero just walked past the monster beasts, did he run or nah? — English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo so the hero just walked past the monster beasts, did he run or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1963 «English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: the young man beats the three-headed Ettin with riddles and a magic wand, and frees the king's daughter and the prisoners.» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Test 1 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: the young man beats th…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo so the hero just walked past the monster beasts, did he run or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** yo · **What happens:** walk, run · **To what, where:** monster beasts

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1963 «English Fairy Tales, The Red Ettin: the young man beats the three-headed Ettin with riddles and a magic wand, and frees the king's daughter and the prisoners.» 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/1963-pg7439-part22/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t1:1
# text = yo so the hero just walked past the monster beasts, did he run or nah?
1	yo	yo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	past	past	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | yo  the hero |  |  | the monster beasts |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past beast=Trajectory |
| 2 | **run** | past · do-support | yo |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah he just walked straight through them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t1:o1:1
# text = nah he just walked straight through them
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | he |  |  |  |  | through them *= they*; straight *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through they=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah he sprinted past them all at full speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t1:o2:1
# text = yeah he sprinted past them all at full speed
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sprinted	sprint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	past	past	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod:unmarked	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprint** | past | he | them *= they* |  | full speed |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah he strolled straight through them, dead calm, no bother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t1:o3:1
# text = nah he strolled straight through them, dead calm, no bother
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	strolled	stroll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	bother	bother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stroll** | past | he |  |  |  |  | through them *= they* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through they=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah he crept round the edges quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1963-pg7439-part22:t1:o4:1
# text = nah he crept round the edges quietly
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	round	round	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	edges	edge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **creep** | past | he |  |  | the edges |  | quietly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round edge=Trajectory |

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