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title: deadass, where did the old horse go to find food? — Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an o… · tree and pragmatics
description: deadass, where did the old horse go to find food? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 9 · ★ · Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a gra…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
deadass, where did the old horse go to find food?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deadass · **What happens:** go, find · **To what, where:** food

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» 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/349-pg18442-part9/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t9:1
# text = deadass, where did the old horse go to find food?
1	deadass	deadass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | deadass |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | deadass *not said here* | food |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic |

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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 -->
the dusty roads and rocky hills of the countryside, looking for any green grass

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t9:o1:1
# text = the dusty roads and rocky hills of the countryside, looking for any green grass
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	countryside	countryside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
14	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for any green grass | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for grass=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
every dusty road, rocky hill, and farm field around the town, begging for scraps

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t9:o2:1
# text = every dusty road, rocky hill, and farm field around the town, begging for scraps
1	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	around	around	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	scraps	scrap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for scraps | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for scrap=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the green fields by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t9:o3:1
# text = the green fields by the river
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the dusty roads and rocky hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t9:o4:1
# text = the dusty roads and rocky hills
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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