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title: Sick, so what's the plan for beating the Worm? — English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sick, so what's the plan for beating the Worm? Test 8 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 8 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe…

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Sick, so what's the plan for beating the Worm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, plan · **What happens:** sick, be, beat · **To what, where:** plan, Worm

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t8:1
# text = Sick, so what's the plan for beating the Worm?
1	Sick	sick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	beating	beat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sick** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **beat** | gerund | the plan *not said here* | the Worm |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location worm=Theme |

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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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Armour with spear-heads, then wait on the Rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t8:o1:1
# text = Armour with spear-heads, then wait on the Rock
1	Armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | infinitive | Armour with spear heads |  |  | the Rock | then |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rock=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hide in the Hall, then wait on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t8:o2:1
# text = Hide in the Hall, then wait on it
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the Hall |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive |  |  |  | Hall | then |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spiked armour, then sit on the Rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t8:o3:1
# text = Spiked armour, then sit on the Rock
1	Spiked	spike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spike** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit** | infinitive | Spiked armour *not said here* |  |  | the Rock | then |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rock=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Armour, then fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t8:o4:1
# text = Armour, then fight
1	Armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | infinitive | Armour *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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