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title: so what's a hamadryad, is it like a tree spirit? — Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seed… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what's a hamadryad, is it like a tree spirit? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 2071 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres searches all night for her lost daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 10 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres se…

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so what's a hamadryad, is it like a tree spirit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hamadryad · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** hamadryad

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2071 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres searches all night for her lost daughter» 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/2071-pg976-part30/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t10:1
# text = so what's a hamadryad, is it like a tree spirit?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hamadryad	hamadryad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a hamadryad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | hamadryad |  |  |  |  | like a tree spirit | 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 {#o1}

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a nymph of the fields who tends the golden wheat and plows the soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t10:o1:1
# text = a nymph of the fields who tends the golden wheat and plows the soil
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nymph	nymph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	tends	tend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	plows	plow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tend** | present | a nymph of the fields | the golden wheat |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Theme |
| 2 | **plow** | present | a nymph of the fields *not said here* | the soil |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent soil=Initial\_Location |

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

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a maiden living inside an oak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t10:o2:1
# text = a maiden living inside an oak
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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a spirit who guards a sacred spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t10:o3:1
# text = a spirit who guards a sacred spring
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	guards	guard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | present | a spirit |  |  |  | spring |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a sea-maiden who swims below the waves and rides on dolphins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t10:o4:1
# text = a sea-maiden who swims below the waves and rides on dolphins
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swims	swim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	below	below	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	rides	ride	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dolphins	dolphin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | present | a sea maiden |  |  | the waves and rides |  | on dolphins | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme below wave=Trajectory |

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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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