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title: What happened when she turned round, like? — Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Dou… · tree and pragmatics
description: What happened when she turned round, like? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 345 «Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won back at dusk» 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won b…

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What happened when she turned round, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** happen, turn round

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 345 «Book of Tales (pg18442), The Black Douglas: a castle won back at dusk» 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/345-pg18442-part5/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t8:1
# text = What happened when she turned round, like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	round	round	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **turn round** | past | she |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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An English knight was standing there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t8:o1:1
# text = An English knight was standing there
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past · progressive | a English knight |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Scots had caught her and the child trying to escape through the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t8:o2:1
# text = The Scots had caught her and the child trying to escape through the gate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Scots	Scot	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · perfect | the Scots and the child *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | the child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **escape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the child *not said here* |  |  | the gate |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through gate=Initial\_Location |

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

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The Black Douglas was stood there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t8:o3:1
# text = The Black Douglas was stood there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Douglas	Douglas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	stood	stand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past · passive |  | the Black Douglas |  | there |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A tall Scottish lord with a dark beard was standing right in front of her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:345-pg18442-part5:t8:o4:1
# text = A tall Scottish lord with a dark beard was standing right in front of her
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past · progressive | a tall Scottish lord with a dark beard |  |  | front of her |  | right *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location |

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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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