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title: bro who even planted that juniper tree in the court? — Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro who even planted that juniper tree in the court? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 763 «Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wife wishes for a red-and-white child, and her stepson's life turns dark» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 6 · ★ · Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wif…

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bro who even planted that juniper tree in the court?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** plant · **To what, where:** juniper tree, court

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 763 «Household Tales, The Juniper Tree, part 1: a childless wife wishes for a red-and-white child, and her stepson's life turns dark» 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/763-pg2591-part39/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t6:1
# text = bro who even planted that juniper tree in the court?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	juniper	juniper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past |  | juniper tree |  | the court |  | bro *vocative* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tree=Theme in court=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it had been growing there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t6:o1:1
# text = it had been growing there
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux	_	_
4	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past · perfect · progressive | it |  |  | there |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was planted by the boy's grandfather long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t6:o2:1
# text = it was planted by the boy's grandfather long ago
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	planted	plant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past · passive | the boy's grandfather | it |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the stepmum planted it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t6:o3:1
# text = the stepmum planted it
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stepmum	stepmum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past | the stepmum | it |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the first wife planted it years before this day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:763-pg2591-part39:t6:o4:1
# text = the first wife planted it years before this day
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past | the first wife | it |  |  | day; year |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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