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title: bro that criminal Matz screams every night lmao — Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Win… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro that criminal Matz screams every night lmao Test 2 · ★ of lesson 791 «Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pastor's dream of sinners, then an old maid watches children play while an angel carries a dead child to heaven» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pasto…

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bro that criminal Matz screams every night lmao

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** criminal Matz · **What happens:** scream · **To what, where:** bro

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 791 «Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pastor's dream of sinners, then an old maid watches children play while an angel carries a dead child to heaven» 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/791-pg27200-part2/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t2:1
# text = bro that criminal Matz screams every night lmao
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
3	criminal	criminal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Matz	Matz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	screams	scream	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lmao	lmao	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | criminal Matz | bro |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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fr, he burnt a barn and the cow kept mooing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t2:o1:1
# text = fr, he burnt a barn and the cow kept mooing
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	mooing	moo	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burnt** | past | he | fr |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | past | the cow |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **moo** | gerund | the cow *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, cause he burnt a yard and the dog kept howling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t2:o2:1
# text = fr, cause he burnt a yard and the dog kept howling
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	howling	howl	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burnt** | past | fr | a yard |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | past | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **howl** | gerund | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, he lit a shed and the dogs wouldn't stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t2:o3:1
# text = fr, he lit a shed and the dogs wouldn't stop
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | past | he | fr |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shed=Product |
| 2 | **not** **stop** | would | the dogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, cause he set a whole yard on fire at night and then the dog kept howling for hours after

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t2:o4:1
# text = fr, cause he set a whole yard on fire at night and then the dog kept howling for hours after
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
18	howling	howl	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	xcomp	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
21	after	after	ADP	IN	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | fr and cause | a whole yard |  | fire | night |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent yard=Theme on fire=Destination |
| 2 | **keep** | past | the dog |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **howl after** | gerund | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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