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title: Blud, how long did he hunt for that flower? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jorinda and Jorin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Blud, how long did he hunt for that flower? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 728 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jorinda and Jorindel: a fairy turns a maiden into a nightingale, and her shepherd lover wins her back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jorinda and Jorindel: a fairy turns a…

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Blud, how long did he hunt for that flower?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Blud · **What happens:** hunt

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 728 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Jorinda and Jorindel: a fairy turns a maiden into a nightingale, and her shepherd lover wins her back» 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/728-pg2591-part4/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:728-pg2591-part4:t7:1
# text = Blud, how long did he hunt for that flower?
1	Blud	Blud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | past · do-support | Blud |  |  |  |  | for that flower; long *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for flower=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Eight days, then he found it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:728-pg2591-part4:t7:o1:1
# text = Eight days, then he found it
1	Eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | Eight days | it |  |  | then |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eight days, then he finally found it under a stone by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:728-pg2591-part4:t7:o2:1
# text = Eight days, then he finally found it under a stone by the river
1	Eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | he | it |  | a stone | then; day | by the river; finally *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Seven days, then he gave up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:728-pg2591-part4:t7:o3:1
# text = Seven days, then he gave up
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past | he |  |  |  | then; day |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
For ages and ages, going round the hills, then he found it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:728-pg2591-part4:t7:o4:1
# text = For ages and ages, going round the hills, then he found it
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	round	round	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  | the hills |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round hill=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **find** | past | he | it |  |  | for ages and ages; then |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for age=Beneficiary |

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