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title: the falling star, he didn't care cos there's loads more, yeah? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: the falling star, he didn't care cos there's loads more, yeah? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 279 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman flies to the moon in a wink, and his body dies on the street» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman…

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the falling star, he didn't care cos there's loads more, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** falling star, loads · **What happens:** fall, not care, be · **To what, where:** cos

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 279 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman flies to the moon in a wink, and his body dies on the street» 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/279-pg1597-part6/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t10:1
# text = the falling star, he didn't care cos there's loads more, yeah?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	amod	_	_
3	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	11	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
13	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
15	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **care** | past · do-support | the falling star | cos |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **does** | present | loads |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he didn't care, but he wanted the shoes to fall too, he said

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t10:o1:1
# text = yeah, he didn't care, but he wanted the shoes to fall too, he said
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
15	too	too	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **care** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **want** | past | he | the shoes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the shoes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he wanted it for himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t10:o2:1
# text = nah, he wanted it for himself
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he | it |  |  |  | for himself *= he* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he cared loads cos there's barely any left in the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t10:o3:1
# text = nah, he cared loads cos there's barely any left in the sky
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cared	care	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	nsubj	_	_
5	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | past | he | loads |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | any left |  | the sky |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, always enough left, he said

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t10:o4:1
# text = yeah, always enough left, he said
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | always, enough *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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