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title: wait, where did Antaeus's pine tree stick after his big swing? — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, where did Antaeus's pine tree stick after his big swing? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 2052 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights the giant Antaeus and knocks him down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 7 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th…

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wait, where did Antaeus's pine tree stick after his big swing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Antaeus · **What happens:** wait, do, swing · **To what, where:** pine tree stick

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2052 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights the giant Antaeus and knocks him down» 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/2052-pg976-part11/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t7:1
# text = wait, where did Antaeus's pine tree stick after his big swing?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	Antaeus	Antaeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	pine	pine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | you *not said here* | Antaeus's pine tree stick |  |  | after Antaeus's big swing |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Eventuality |
| 3 | **swing** |  | Antaeus |  |  |  |  |  | nom swing «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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deep in the dirt beside the river, where the Pygmies had been hiding from him all along

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t7:o1:1
# text = deep in the dirt beside the river, where the Pygmies had been hiding from him all along
1	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Pygmies	pygmy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	aux	_	_
14	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
17	all	all	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	along	along	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · perfect · progressive | the Pygmies |  |  |  |  | from him *= he*; along *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from he=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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on the ground, right by his big feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t7:o2:1
# text = on the ground, right by his big feet
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
deep in the dirt, too stuck to pull out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t7:o3:1
# text = deep in the dirt, too stuck to pull out
1	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
deep in the dirt, too stuck to pull out, even though he pulled with all his mighty strength

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t7:o4:1
# text = deep in the dirt, too stuck to pull out, even though he pulled with all his mighty strength
1	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dirt	dirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	20	det:predet	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pull** | past | he |  |  |  |  | with his mighty strength | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with strength=Beneficiary |

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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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