--- title: was Charney's plant just dead, like nothing to see? — Heroic Children, Charney's Plant, part… · tree and pragmatics description: was Charney's plant just dead, like nothing to see? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 360 «Heroic Children, Charney's Plant, part 20: a boy dies on a burning ship, a poor boy carves a butter lion, a prisoner finds a seed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/360-pg18442-part20/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Heroic Children, Charney's Plant, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/360-pg18442-part20/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Heroic Children, Charney's Plant, part 20: a boy dies on a… was Charney's plant just dead, like nothing to see? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, see · **To what, where:** plant This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 360 «Heroic Children, Charney's Plant, part 20: a boy dies on a burning ship, a poor boy carves a butter lion, a prisoner finds a seed» 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/360-pg18442-part20/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:t9:1 # text = was Charney's plant just dead, like nothing to see? 1 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 Charney Charney PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 csubj _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Charney's plant | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} It was growing stronger each day, with two new leaves and a stem ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:t9:o1:1 # text = It was growing stronger each day, with two new leaves and a stem 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 10 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past · progressive | It | | | | day | with two new leaves and a stem; strong *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It was growing stronger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:t9:o2:1 # text = It was growing stronger 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past · progressive | It | | | | | strong *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It had died in the night and was lying flat on the paving stones ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:t9:o3:1 # text = It had died in the night and was lying flat on the paving stones 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 10 flat flat ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 paving paving NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past · perfect | It | | | | night | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **lie** | past · progressive | | | | the paving stones | | flat *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stone=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was growing weaker ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:t9:o4:1 # text = It was growing weaker 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 weaker weak ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past · progressive | It | | | | | weak *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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