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title: Where did the dragon go after it trampled the ferns, mate? — The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did the dragon go after it trampled the ferns, mate? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 654 «The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon scares the town and the Prince sets out to hunt it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 13 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon s…

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Where did the dragon go after it trampled the ferns, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dragon · **What happens:** go, trample · **To what, where:** ferns

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 654 «The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon scares the town and the Prince sets out to hunt it» 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/654-pg23661-part22/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t13:1
# text = Where did the dragon go after it trampled the ferns, mate?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	trampled	trample	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ferns	fern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the dragon |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **trample** | past | dragon | the ferns and mate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Back into the covert of the wood and under the roots of the great oak

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t13:o1:1
# text = Back into the covert of the wood and under the roots of the great oak
1	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	covert	covert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Back to the old barn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t13:o2:1
# text = Back to the old barn
1	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Over the far hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t13:o3:1
# text = Over the far hill
1	Over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Back into the covert of the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:654-pg23661-part22:t13:o4:1
# text = Back into the covert of the wood
1	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	covert	covert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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