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title: Was Redhead's face proper funny when it all kicked off? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fe… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Redhead's face proper funny when it all kicked off? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» 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 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning fl…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was Redhead's face proper funny when it all kicked off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** face · **What happens:** be, kick off

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» 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/2022-pg7885-part41/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t12:1
# text = Was Redhead's face proper funny when it all kicked off?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
2	Redhead	Redhead	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Redhead's face |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **kick off** | past | face |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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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 -->
Yeah, a mix of laughing and crying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t12:o1:1
# text = Yeah, a mix of laughing and crying
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mix	mix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund | a mix *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | a mix *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a bit of a scowl and a grin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, a bit of a scowl and a grin
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	scowl	scowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	grin	grin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a wild mix of laughing, crying and shrieking as he tumbled over the wall and into the mud

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, a wild mix of laughing, crying and shrieking as he tumbled over the wall and into the mud
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mix	mix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	shrieking	shriek	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	tumbled	tumble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	into	into	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund | a wild mix and the mud *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | a wild mix and the mud *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **shriek** | gerund | a wild mix and the mud *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **tumble** | past | he |  |  | the wall |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over wall=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he looked perfectly calm the whole time, just a little pale around the nose and cheeks

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t12:o4:1
# text = Nah, he looked perfectly calm the whole time, just a little pale around the nose and cheeks
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	calm	calm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
15	around	around	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **calm** | past | he |  |  |  | time | perfectly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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