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title: bare pretty sunset tho, what did he see? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House,… · tree and pragmatics
description: bare pretty sunset tho, what did he see? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 298 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely old man and a gift» 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 right.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely o…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bare pretty sunset tho, what did he see?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** bear, see

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 298 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely old man and a gift» 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/298-pg1597-part25/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:t10:1
# text = bare pretty sunset tho, what did he see?
1	bare	bear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	tho	tho	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | sunset | tho *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **see** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sun like a shining altar over the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:t10:o1:1
# text = The sun like a shining altar over the sea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sun like a shining altar over the sea, with the apes singing below

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:t10:o2:1
# text = The sun like a shining altar over the sea, with the apes singing below
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	apes	ape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
14	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	below	below	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the apes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | below *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A giant lamp hanging over the lake and the church tower and the apple trees

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:t10:o3:1
# text = A giant lamp hanging over the lake and the church tower and the apple trees
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund | a giant lamp *not said here* |  |  | the lake and the church tower and the apple trees |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over lake=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sun sinking into the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:t10:o4:1
# text = The sun sinking into the wood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	sinking	sink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | gerund | the sun *not said here* |  |  | the wood |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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