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title: Lmao, what did Old Tom do when he heard the news? — English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lmao, what did Old Tom do when he heard the news? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 258 «English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: the glass slipper fits the girl in the rushen coatie» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 9 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: the glass slipper fits…

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Lmao, what did Old Tom do when he heard the news?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lmao, Old Tom, Tom · **What happens:** do, hear · **To what, where:** news

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 258 «English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: the glass slipper fits the girl in the rushen coatie» 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/258-pg14241-part25/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t9:1
# text = Lmao, what did Old Tom do when he heard the news?
1	Lmao	Lmao	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Lmao |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | Old Tom |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hear** | past | Tom | the news |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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shot up the chimney

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t9:o1:1
# text = shot up the chimney
1	shot	shot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shot up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the chimney |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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ran out the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t9:o2:1
# text = ran out the door
1	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run out** | past |  | the door |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme door=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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shot up the chimney and vanished into the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t9:o3:1
# text = shot up the chimney and vanished into the sky
1	shot	shot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shot up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the chimney |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **vanish** | past | you *not said here* |  |  | the sky |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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sat by the fire and wept for his lost kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:258-pg14241-part25:t9:o4:1
# text = sat by the fire and wept for his lost kingdom
1	sat	sat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sat** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the fire | tree rules |
| 2 | **weep** | past | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for his lost kingdom | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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