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title: Real talk, what did the child do when passing by? — Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, what did the child do when passing by? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 724 «Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and makes its owner rich» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 13 · ★ · Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Real talk, what did the child do when passing by?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** do, pass by · **To what, where:** Real talk

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 724 «Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and makes its owner rich» 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/724-pg2435-part64/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t13:1
# text = Real talk, what did the child do when passing by?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	advcl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the child | Real talk |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **pass by** | gerund | the child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
was sent running through the village square to fetch Jimmu from his shop by the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t13:o1:1
# text = was sent running through the village square to fetch Jimmu from his shop by the river
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	Jimmu	Jimmu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP» |
| 2 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  | the village square |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through square=Trajectory |
| 3 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | Jimmu |  | Jimmu's shop |  | by the river | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent jimmu=Theme from shop=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
stopped to watch the tanuki dance, then was sent to fetch Jimmu for the show

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t13:o2:1
# text = stopped to watch the tanuki dance, then was sent to fetch Jimmu for the show
1	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tanuki	tanuki	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	Jimmu	Jimmu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive |  | the tanuki dance |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Theme |
| 3 | **send** | past · passive |  |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | Jimmu |  |  |  | for the show | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent jimmu=Theme for show=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
waved at the old man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t13:o3:1
# text = waved at the old man
1	waved	wave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | at the old man | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at man=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
was sent to fetch Jimmu

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t13:o4:1
# text = was sent to fetch Jimmu
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Jimmu	Jimmu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | Jimmu |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jimmu=Theme |

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