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title: Lol, did the peas and lentils just grow up out of nowhere? — Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, did the peas and lentils just grow up out of nowhere? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 747 «Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's daughter escapes the robbers' house» 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 11 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's d…

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Lol, did the peas and lentils just grow up out of nowhere?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** peas · **What happens:** do, grow up

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 747 «Grimm's Tales, The Robber Bridegroom, part 1: a miller's daughter escapes the robbers' house» 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/747-pg2591-part23/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t11:1
# text = Lol, did the peas and lentils just grow up out of nowhere?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	lentils	lentil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow up** | present | the peas and lentils |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out nowhere=Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they sprouted, so they could follow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t11:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they sprouted, so they could follow
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sprouted	sprout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprout** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 2 | **follow** | could | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they sprouted overnight and then grew tall enough to guide them through the dark forest by moonlight

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t11:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they sprouted overnight and then grew tall enough to guide them through the dark forest by moonlight
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sprouted	sprout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	guide	guide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	through	through	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprout** | past | they |  |  |  |  | overnight *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 2 | **grow** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  | then | enough, tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **guide** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the dark forest |  | by moonlight | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme through forest=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the peas and lentils sprouted into a whole field of vines that led them safely all the way home to the mill

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t11:o3:1
# text = Yeah, the peas and lentils sprouted into a whole field of vines that led them safely all the way home to the mill
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lentils	lentil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	sprouted	sprout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	vines	vine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
18	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	20	det:predet	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
21	home	home	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprout** | participle | the peas and lentils *not said here* | all way |  | a whole field of vines |  | safely *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into field=Location |
| 2 | **lead** | past | vines | vines *= vine* |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they sprouted and guided them in the moonlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:747-pg2591-part23:t11:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they sprouted and guided them in the moonlight
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sprouted	sprout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	guided	guide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sprout** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 2 | **guide** | past | they *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the moonlight |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in moonlight=Destination |

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