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title: the moon people was arguing about us like 'is earth even sick' lol — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: the moon people was arguing about us like 'is earth even sick' lol Test 6 · ★ 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 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the moon people was arguing about us like 'is earth even sick' lol

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** moon · **What happens:** argue, be

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t6:1
# text = the moon people was arguing about us like 'is earth even sick' lol
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past · progressive | the moon  people |  |  |  |  | about us | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about we=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | like earth | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they reckoned the moon's too cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t6:o1:1
# text = nah, they reckoned the moon's too cold
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | they | the moon |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent moon=Attribute |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they reckoned the air's too thick for breathing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t6:o2:1
# text = yeah, they reckoned the air's too thick for breathing
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	breathing	breathing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they reckoned the air's too thick for proper creatures to breathe freely

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t6:o3:1
# text = yeah, they reckoned the air's too thick for proper creatures to breathe freely
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
15	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **breathe** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | freely *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they reckoned the Earth's too bright and noisy for anyone to live

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:t6:o4:1
# text = nah, they reckoned the Earth's too bright and noisy for anyone to live
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past | they |  |  |  |  | for anyone | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **live** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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