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title: what did the North Wind's sons do in a calm, ngl? — A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fl… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the North Wind's sons do in a calm, ngl? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 2079 «A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 38: the Argo gets a talking figure-head and the heroes gather» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 12 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 38: the A…

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what did the North Wind's sons do in a calm, ngl?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sons · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** calm ngl

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2079 «A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 38: the Argo gets a talking figure-head and the heroes gather» 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/2079-pg976-part38/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:t12:1
# text = what did the North Wind's sons do in a calm, ngl?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Wind	Wind	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	ngl	ngl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the North Wind's sons |  |  | a calm ngl |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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raise a gale and drive the ship onward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:t12:o1:1
# text = raise a gale and drive the ship onward
1	raise	raise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gale	gale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	drive	drive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	onward	onward	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | imperative | you *not said here* | a gale |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gale=Theme |
| 2 | **drive** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the ship |  |  |  | onward *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme ship=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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raise a strong wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:t12:o2:1
# text = raise a strong wind
1	raise	raise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | imperative | you *not said here* | a strong wind |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
puff out their cheeks and blow hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:t12:o3:1
# text = puff out their cheeks and blow hard
1	puff	puff	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	blow	blow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **puff out** | imperative | you *not said here* | their cheeks |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cheek=Source |
| 2 | **blow** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
puff out their cheeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2079-pg976-part38:t12:o4:1
# text = puff out their cheeks
1	puff	puff	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **puff out** | imperative | you *not said here* | their cheeks |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cheek=Source |

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