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title: Bro, what was the Swallow's bff thing with the Reed? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 7 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1…

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Bro, what was the Swallow's bff thing with the Reed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** bff thing

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2031 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1: the Swallow meets the weeping statue and agrees to help» 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/2031-pg902-part1/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t7:1
# text = Bro, what was the Swallow's bff thing with the Reed?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Swallow	Swallow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	bff	bff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Reed	reed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Bro | the Swallow's bff thing |  |  |  | with the Reed | tree rules |

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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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She refused to fly off to Egypt with him and kept swaying by the pond all winter long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t7:o1:1
# text = She refused to fly off to Egypt with him and kept swaying by the pond all winter long
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	swaying	sway	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | She |  |  |  | winter | long *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **fly off** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  | Egypt |  |  | with Egypt | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to egypt=Result |
| 3 | **keep** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **sway** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the pond | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by pond=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She just wanted to stay near the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t7:o2:1
# text = She just wanted to stay near the river
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  | the river |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near river=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She stayed home and wouldn't go to Egypt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t7:o3:1
# text = She stayed home and wouldn't go to Egypt
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | She |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **go** | would | She *not said here* |  |  | Egypt |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to egypt=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She stayed home by the river and wouldn't go with him to Egypt at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t7:o4:1
# text = She stayed home by the river and wouldn't go with him to Egypt at all
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | She |  |  |  |  | by the river; home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by river=Location |
| 2 | **not** **go** | would | She *not said here* |  | Egypt | all |  | with him *= he* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to egypt=Initial\_Location |

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