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title: Was the shadow lowkey sus about peeping in people's windows? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the shadow lowkey sus about peeping in people's windows? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 304 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 31: the shadow returns as a fine gentleman and boasts of what he saw» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 31: the shadow re…

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Was the shadow lowkey sus about peeping in people's windows?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** shadow lowkey sus · **What happens:** be, peep · **To what, where:** shadow lowkey sus

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 304 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 31: the shadow returns as a fine gentleman and boasts of what he saw» 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/304-pg1597-part31/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:304-pg1597-part31:t3:1
# text = Was the shadow lowkey sus about peeping in people's windows?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	peeping	peep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the shadow lowkey sus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **peep** | gerund | the shadow lowkey sus *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in people's windows | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in window=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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Yes, he peeked where nobody should peek

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:304-pg1597-part31:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, he peeked where nobody should peek
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	peeked	peek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	peek	peek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peek** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **peek** | should | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, he peeked where nobody should peek, and he was ashamed of it afterwards in the morning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:304-pg1597-part31:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, he peeked where nobody should peek, and he was ashamed of it afterwards in the morning
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	peeked	peek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	peek	peek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peek** | past | he |  |  |  | morning |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **peek** | should | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | of it; afterwards, ashamed *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, he peeked into private windows where nobody at all should ever be looking

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:304-pg1597-part31:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, he peeked into private windows where nobody at all should ever be looking
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	peeked	peek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	nsubj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	advmod	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux	_	_
15	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peek** | past | he |  |  |  |  | into private windows | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into window=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | should · progressive | nobody |  |  |  | ever |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, he only looked where it was allowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:304-pg1597-part31:t3:o4:1
# text = No, he only looked where it was allowed
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **allow** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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