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title: Did she actually finish the grave before the sun came up, though? — Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did she actually finish the grave before the sun came up, though? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 794 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees a ghostly child and digs a grave by the sea before dawn» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did she actually finish the grave before the sun came up, though?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she, sun · **What happens:** finish, come up · **To what, where:** grave

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 794 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees a ghostly child and digs a grave by the sea before dawn» 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/794-pg27200-part5/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t9:1
# text = Did she actually finish the grave before the sun came up, though?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	finish	finish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	up	up	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | past · do-support | she | the grave |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector grave=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come up** | past | the sun |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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Yes, the grave was complete by dawn, but she was too exhausted to bury the child and fell asleep beside it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, the grave was complete by dawn, but she was too exhausted to bury the child and fell asleep beside it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	exhausted	exhausted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	bury	bury	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
21	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	xcomp	_	_
22	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the grave |  |  |  | dawn | complete *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | exhausted *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **bury** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the child |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
| 4 | **fall** | past | the grave *not said here* |  |  | grave |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beside it=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it was only half dug when the cock crowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t9:o2:1
# text = No, it was only half dug when the cock crowed
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	advmod	_	_
7	dug	dig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	crowed	crow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | half *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **crow** | participle | the cock |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not quite, she dug a little more after dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t9:o3:1
# text = Not quite, she dug a little more after dawn
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
2	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dug	dig	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	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **dig** | past | she |  |  |  | dawn |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, she finished it just before the cock crew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, she finished it just before the cock crew
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	finished	finish	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	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | past | she | it |  |  | before the cock crew |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality |

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