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title: the apple fell right into his hand while he was napping, lucky af — Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Cr… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 8 · ★ · Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fi…

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the apple fell right into his hand while he was napping, lucky af

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** apple, he · **What happens:** fall, nap · **To what, where:** hand, lucky af

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 761 «Grimm, The Servant and the Grateful Creatures: he saves fishes, ravens and ants, and wins the princess» 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/761-pg2591-part37/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:t8:1
# text = the apple fell right into his hand while he was napping, lucky af
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	napping	nap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	af	af	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | the apple |  |  |  |  | into his hand *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into hand=Result |
| 2 | **nap** | past · progressive | he | lucky af |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent af=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 {#o1}

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ikr, the tree dropped it from its highest branch while a whole crowd of villagers cheered and clapped for him

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:t8:o1:1
# text = ikr, the tree dropped it from its highest branch while a whole crowd of villagers cheered and clapped for him
1	ikr	ikr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
17	cheered	cheer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	clapped	clap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | the tree | ikr |  | tree's highest branch |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme from branch=Destination |
| 2 | **cheer** | past | a whole crowd of villagers |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **clap** | past | the tree *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for crowd | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ikr, the tree dropped it like a gift from the universe, and then the servant woke up and thought it was all a dream

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:t8:o2:1
# text = ikr, the tree dropped it like a gift from the universe, and then the servant woke up and thought it was all a dream
1	ikr	ikr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	universe	universe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
24	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	26	det:predet	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | the tree | ikr |  | the universe |  | like a gift | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme from universe=Destination |
| 2 | **wake up** | past | the servant |  |  |  | then |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the tree *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | past | servant | all dream |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ikr, the tree dropped it like a gift from the universe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:t8:o3:1
# text = ikr, the tree dropped it like a gift from the universe
1	ikr	ikr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	universe	universe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | the tree | ikr |  | the universe |  | like a gift | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme from universe=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ikr, a bird dropped it right into his lap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:761-pg2591-part37:t8:o4:1
# text = ikr, a bird dropped it right into his lap
1	ikr	ikr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | a bird | ikr |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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