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title: Wait, why do the sheep keep running to that lake? — Fairy Book, The Shepherd Prince, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why do the sheep keep running to that lake? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 674 «Fairy Book, The Shepherd Prince, part 14: the prince beats the dragon, and the princess's kiss ends the fight» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Shepherd Prince, part 14: the prince beats…

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Wait, why do the sheep keep running to that lake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sheep · **What happens:** wait, keep, run

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 674 «Fairy Book, The Shepherd Prince, part 14: the prince beats the dragon, and the princess's kiss ends the fight» 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/674-pg2435-part14/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:674-pg2435-part14:t2:1
# text = Wait, why do the sheep keep running to that lake?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | present · do-support | the sheep |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **run** | gerund | the sheep *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to that lake *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to lake=Result |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Cos the meadows there are the greenest, and they never come back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:674-pg2435-part14:t2:o1:1
# text = Cos the meadows there are the greenest, and they never come back
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meadows	meadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
5	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	greenest	green	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | the greenest |  |  | there |  | cos the meadows | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **come back** | present | meadows *= meadow* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos the meadows there are the greenest in the whole valley, and they never come back, which is why the emperor is so worried

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:674-pg2435-part14:t2:o2:1
# text = Cos the meadows there are the greenest in the whole valley, and they never come back, which is why the emperor is so worried
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meadows	meadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	greenest	green	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	26	nsubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	parataxis	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
25	so	so	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the whole valley |  | cos the meadows; green *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **come back** | present | meadows *= meadow* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | the greenest |  |  |  |  | worried *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos someone's hiding food by the lake, so they follow the smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:674-pg2435-part14:t2:o3:1
# text = Cos someone's hiding food by the lake, so they follow the smell
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	follow	follow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  | food |  |  |  | by the lake | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent food=Patient by lake=Location |
| 2 | **follow** | present | they | the smell |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cos the meadows there are the greenest, and the dragon waits there to eat every sheep that never comes back home

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:674-pg2435-part14:t2:o4:1
# text = Cos the meadows there are the greenest, and the dragon waits there to eat every sheep that never comes back home
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meadows	meadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
5	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	greenest	green	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	12	expl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
19	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
20	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
21	back	back	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	home	home	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | the greenest |  |  | there |  | cos the meadows | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | present | the dragon |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the dragon *not said here* | every sheep |  |  |  | home *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Patient |
| 4 | **not** **come back** | present | every sheep |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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