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title: So the Childe comes home after seven years, is he chill about it? — English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm,… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the Childe comes home after seven years, is he chill about it? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 264 «English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe fights the Worm at the Rock» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 6 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe…

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So the Childe comes home after seven years, is he chill about it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Childe · **What happens:** come, be

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 264 «English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe fights the Worm at the Rock» 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/264-pg14241-part31/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t6:1
# text = So the Childe comes home after seven years, is he chill about it?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	chill	chill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | the Childe |  |  |  | year | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Childe |  |  |  |  | about it; chill *property* | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the whole place was proper dead and he was gutted, mate, right to the bone

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t6:o1:1
# text = Nah, the whole place was proper dead and he was gutted, mate, right to the bone
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	right	right	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the whole place |  |  |  |  | dead, properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **gut** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the place was proper dead, gutted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t6:o2:1
# text = Nah, the place was proper dead, gutted
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the place |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **gut** | participle | the place *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was dead chill about it, proper relaxed, glad to be home at the Hall with his mates

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t6:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he was dead chill about it, proper relaxed, glad to be home at the Hall with his mates
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	relaxed	relaxed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	home	home	ADV	RB	_	13	advcl	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | dead chill |  |  |  | about chill | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | he *not said here* |  |  | the Hall |  | with his mates | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the hall was proper dead, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t6:o4:1
# text = Nah, the hall was proper dead, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the hall |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |

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