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title: he flew on a butterfly lol, mint — English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the ti… · tree and pragmatics
description: he flew on a butterfly lol, mint Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the puddi…

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he flew on a butterfly lol, mint

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** fly

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» 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/1964-pg7439-part23/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t4:1
# text = he flew on a butterfly lol, mint
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | he |  |  |  |  | on a butterfly | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent on butterfly=Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he grabbed it and flew up, proper good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah, he grabbed it and flew up, proper good
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **fly up** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, sat on it and got carried up, dead funny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t4:o2:1
# text = yeah, sat on it and got carried up, dead funny
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
11	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past |  |  |  | it |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location |
| 2 | **carry up** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he sat right on its back and got carried all the way up into the air, dead funny

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t4:o3:1
# text = yeah, he sat right on its back and got carried all the way up into the air, dead funny
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	up	up	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
16	into	into	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
20	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | he |  |  | its back |  | right *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location |
| 2 | **carry** | past · passive | he *not said here* | all way |  | the air |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he hung on and got lifted, dead funny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t4:o4:1
# text = yeah, he hung on and got lifted, dead funny
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	lifted	lift	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang on** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lift** | past · passive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP» |

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