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title: ngl, did the sea go grey or black when he first shouted? — Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, did the sea go grey or black when he first shouted? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 734 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: Ilsabill wants to be king, emperor, pope, then lord of the sun and moon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: Ilsab…

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ngl, did the sea go grey or black when he first shouted?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl, sea · **What happens:** go, shout

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 734 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: Ilsabill wants to be king, emperor, pope, then lord of the sun and moon» 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/734-pg2591-part10/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:t6:1
# text = ngl, did the sea go grey or black when he first shouted?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	advmod	_	_
13	shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | ngl |  |  |  |  | grey *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle | sea |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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dark grey and stormy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:t6:o1:1
# text = dark grey and stormy
1	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	stormy	stormy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:t6:o2:1
# text = red
1	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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tan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:t6:o3:1
# text = tan
1	tan	tan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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grey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:734-pg2591-part10:t6:o4:1
# text = grey
1	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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