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title: wait so the dove flew to the castle how, over land or over the sea? — English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait so the dove flew to the castle how, over land or over the sea? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1966 «English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is eaten, and the dove flies to the queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 10 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is e…

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wait so the dove flew to the castle how, over land or over the sea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, dove · **What happens:** wait, fly · **To what, where:** land

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1966 «English Fairy Tales, Coo-my-dove, part 1: Johnny-cake is eaten, and the dove flies to the queen» 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/1966-pg7439-part25/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t10:1
# text = wait so the dove flew to the castle how, over land or over the sea?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | land or the sea |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over land=Location |
| 2 | **fly** | past | the dove |  |  |  |  | to the castle *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to castle=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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flying over the far-off deep blue sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t10:o1:1
# text = flying over the far-off deep blue sea
1	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
4	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	off	off	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  | the far deep blue sea |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sea=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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over the deep sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t10:o2:1
# text = over the deep sea
1	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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across the wide land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t10:o3:1
# text = across the wide land
1	across	across	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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over the high hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1966-pg7439-part25:t10:o4:1
# text = over the high hills
1	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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