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title: what did Peter dream about, like a mad dream — Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did Peter dream about, like a mad dream Test 6 · ★ of lesson 706 «Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Peter calls his dogs and wins back the girl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 6 · ★ · Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Pete…

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what did Peter dream about, like a mad dream

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Peter · **What happens:** dream

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 706 «Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Peter calls his dogs and wins back the 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/706-pg2435-part46/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:t6:1
# text = what did Peter dream about, like a mad dream
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dream	dream	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dream** | past · do-support | Peter |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Ring on hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:t6:o1:1
# text = Ring on hand
1	Ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Shifting the ring to his other hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:t6:o2:1
# text = Shifting the ring to his other hand
1	Shifting	shift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shift** | gerund |  | the ring |  | his other hand |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Theme to hand=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Meeting the girl by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:t6:o3:1
# text = Meeting the girl by the river
1	Meeting	meet	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | gerund |  | the girl |  |  |  | by the river | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Swapping the ring to his left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:706-pg2435-part46:t6:o4:1
# text = Swapping the ring to his left
1	Swapping	swap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | gerund |  | the ring |  |  |  | to his left | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme |

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