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title: Wait, where'd the stork reckon the trees went, bro? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, where'd the stork reckon the trees went, bro? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 285 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 12: the Fir is cut down, decorated, and stripped bare by the children» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 12: the Fir is…

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Wait, where'd the stork reckon the trees went, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, stork, trees · **What happens:** wait, reckon, go

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 285 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 12: the Fir is cut down, decorated, and stripped bare by the children» 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/285-pg1597-part12/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:t2:1
# text = Wait, where'd the stork reckon the trees went, bro?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reckon** | would | the stork |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | past | the trees |  |  |  |  | bro *vocative* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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}

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Into the masts of the big ships in a faraway harbour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:t2:o1:1
# text = Into the masts of the big ships in a faraway harbour
1	Into	into	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	masts	mast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	faraway	faraway	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Into boats for sailing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:t2:o2:1
# text = Into boats for sailing
1	Into	into	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sailing	sailing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Onto ships as masts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:t2:o3:1
# text = Onto ships as masts
1	Onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	masts	mast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Onto the palace floors where kings and queens walk every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:285-pg1597-part12:t2:o4:1
# text = Onto the palace floors where kings and queens walk every day
1	Onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
6	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	queens	queen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | kings and queens |  |  | the palace floors | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto floor=Trajectory |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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