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title: Did the old man really walk for ages before he found anything? Oh my… — Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-B… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the old man really walk for ages before he found anything? Oh my days, that's hard graft Test 4 · ★ of lesson 675 «Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-Blossom, part 15: the prince finds his brothers, and the old man finds a baby girl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Test 4 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-Blossom, part 15: the…

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Did the old man really walk for ages before he found anything? Oh my days, that's hard graft

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man, that · **What happens:** walk, find, be · **To what, where:** anything, hard graft

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 675 «Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-Blossom, part 15: the prince finds his brothers, and the old man finds a baby girl» 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/675-pg2435-part15/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Did the old man really walk for ages before he found anything?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:675-pg2435-part15:t4:1
# text = Did the old man really walk for ages before he found anything?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
12	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  | for ages |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | past | man | anything |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Oh my days, that's hard graft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:675-pg2435-part15:t4:2
# text = Oh my days, that's hard graft
1	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	graft	graft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that | hard graft |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yeah, he walked for absolutely ages in the rain, nothing for ages, then he finally found something big

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:675-pg2435-part15:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he walked for absolutely ages in the rain, nothing for ages, then he finally found something big
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
20	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	19	obj	_	_
21	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | he |  |  | the rain | for ages |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in rain=Trajectory |
| 2 | **find** | past | he | something |  |  | then | finally *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he walked forever and found nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:675-pg2435-part15:t4:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he walked forever and found nothing
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | he |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | past | he *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he wandered for ages, nothing for ages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:675-pg2435-part15:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he wandered for ages, nothing for ages
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wandered	wander	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wander** | past | he | nothing |  |  | for ages |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he wandered for ages through the forest and the fields, and found absolutely nothing for ages

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:675-pg2435-part15:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he wandered for ages through the forest and the fields, and found absolutely nothing for ages
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wandered	wander	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	obj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wander** | past | he |  |  | the forest and the fields | for ages |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory |
| 2 | **find** | past | he *not said here* | nothing |  |  | for ages |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme for age=Beneficiary |

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