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title: Bro, the baby was just lying in the roses, like proper random, sick — Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-B… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, the baby was just lying in the roses, like proper random, sick Test 6 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 6 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-Blossom, part 15: the…

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Bro, the baby was just lying in the roses, like proper random, sick

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** baby · **What happens:** lie · **To what, where:** roses

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:675-pg2435-part15:t6:1
# text = Bro, the baby was just lying in the roses, like proper random, sick
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past · progressive | the baby |  |  | the roses |  | Bro *vocative* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in rose=Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, just a baby, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:675-pg2435-part15:t6:o1:1
# text = Yeah, just a baby, bro
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a little girl crowing with joy, just chilling there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:675-pg2435-part15:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, a little girl crowing with joy, just chilling there
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	crowing	crow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	conj	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crow** | gerund | a little girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with joy | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **chill** | gerund | a little girl *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a tiny baby crying in the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:675-pg2435-part15:t6:o3:1
# text = Yeah, a tiny baby crying in the grass
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | a tiny baby *not said here* |  |  | the grass |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grass=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was a boy in a basket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:675-pg2435-part15:t6:o4:1
# text = Nah, it was a boy in a basket
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a boy |  | a basket |  |  | tree rules |

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