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title: Lit question, why was the river super scary? — Tanglewood Tales, Pomegranate Seeds an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lit question, why was the river super scary? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 2076 «Tanglewood Tales, Pomegranate Seeds and The Golden Fleece, part 35: Proserpina returns, then Jason reaches a raging river» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 11 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, Pomegranate Seeds and The Golden Fleece,…

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Lit question, why was the river super scary?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** river

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2076 «Tanglewood Tales, Pomegranate Seeds and The Golden Fleece, part 35: Proserpina returns, then Jason reaches a raging river» 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/2076-pg976-part35/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2076-pg976-part35:t11:1
# text = Lit question, why was the river super scary?
1	Lit	lit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	super	super	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the river |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Rain and melted snow made it swollen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2076-pg976-part35:t11:o1:1
# text = Rain and melted snow made it swollen
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	swollen	swollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | past | Rain and melted snow | snow |  |  |  | swollen *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rain and melted snow made it swollen, and the current ran fast and deep down the valley

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2076-pg976-part35:t11:o2:1
# text = Rain and melted snow made it swollen, and the current ran fast and deep down the valley
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	swollen	swollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	13	conj	_	_
16	down	down	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | past | Rain and melted snow | snow |  |  |  | swollen *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 3 | **run** | past | the current |  |  | the valley |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down valley=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Strong winds pushed the waves high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2076-pg976-part35:t11:o3:1
# text = Strong winds pushed the waves high
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | past | Strong winds | the waves |  |  |  | high *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Rain and melted snow from the high peaks made it swollen, so no one could cross without ropes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2076-pg976-part35:t11:o4:1
# text = Rain and melted snow from the high peaks made it swollen, so no one could cross without ropes
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	melted	melt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	peaks	peak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	swollen	swollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
18	without	without	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | past | Rain | snow |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient snow=Result |
| 2 | **make** | past | the high peaks | snow |  |  |  | swollen *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 3 | **cross** | could | no one |  |  |  |  | without ropes | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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