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title: Why did folks cross the road when they saw him? — Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did folks cross the road when they saw him? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 5 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl give…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why did folks cross the road when they saw him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** folks · **What happens:** cross, see · **To what, where:** road, him

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» 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/681-pg2435-part21/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t5:1
# text = Why did folks cross the road when they saw him?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	folks	folk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | past · do-support | folks | the road |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient |
| 2 | **see** | past | folks *= folk* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He had mud all over him and smelled of a dead fish from the palace pond last week

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t5:o1:1
# text = He had mud all over him and smelled of a dead fish from the palace pond last week
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
17	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He | mud |  |  |  | over him *= he* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mud=Patient |
| 2 | **smell** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | the palace pond | week | of a dead fish | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of fish=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He looked proper scruffy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t5:o2:1
# text = He looked proper scruffy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	scruffy	scruffy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | He |  |  |  |  | scruffy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He looked totally minging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t5:o3:1
# text = He looked totally minging
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	minging	ming	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | He |  |  |  |  | totally *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ming** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had a massive bag of geese and was shouting at everyone he passed in the street

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t5:o4:1
# text = He had a massive bag of geese and was shouting at everyone he passed in the street
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He | a massive bag of geese |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past · progressive | He *not said here* |  |  | everyone |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pass** | past | he |  |  | the street |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in street=Location |

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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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