--- title: wait, did the birds just chill or what? — Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seed… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, did the birds just chill or what? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 2075 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 34: Proserpina eats a dry pomegranate and leaves Pluto's realm» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2075-pg976-part34/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seed…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2075-pg976-part34/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 34: Proserpi… wait, did the birds just chill or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, birds · **What happens:** wait, do, chill This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2075 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 34: Proserpina eats a dry pomegranate and leaves Pluto's realm» 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/2075-pg976-part34/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:t10:1 # text = wait, did the birds just chill or what? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 chill chill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **chill** | present | the birds | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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} they flew around the trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:t10:o1:1 # text = they flew around the trees 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 around around ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | they | | | the trees | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around tree=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} they flew off in a cloud and sang loudly over the palace roof ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:t10:o2:1 # text = they flew off in a cloud and sang loudly over the palace roof 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly off** | past | they | | | a cloud | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cloud=Location | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | they *not said here* | | | the palace roof | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over roof=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} they sang their hearts out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:t10:o3:1 # text = they sang their hearts out 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing out** *speech: express* | past | they | their hearts | | | | out *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location heart=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} they hopped about on the trees and sang happily all afternoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:t10:o4:1 # text = they hopped about on the trees and sang happily all afternoon 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hopped hop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 happily happily ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hop about** | past | they | | | the trees | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tree=Trajectory | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | they *not said here* | | | | afternoon | happily *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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