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title: so where did the beetle want to go to find dung? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who… · tree and pragmatics
description: so where did the beetle want to go to find dung? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 798 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels: a vain beetle wants golden shoes and finds only mud» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels…

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so where did the beetle want to go to find dung?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** beetle · **What happens:** do, want, go, find · **To what, where:** dung

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 798 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels: a vain beetle wants golden shoes and finds only mud» 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/798-pg27200-part9/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t10:1
# text = so where did the beetle want to go to find dung?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	3	advmod	_	_
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	beetle	beetle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	dung	dung	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | the beetle |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the beetle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | the beetle *not said here* | dung |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dung=Topic |

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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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Far away past the city gates and over the royal fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t10:o1:1
# text = Far away past the city gates and over the royal fields
1	Far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
3	past	past	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The other side of the ditch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t10:o2:1
# text = The other side of the ditch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Across the river at the bottom of the hill beyond the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t10:o3:1
# text = Across the river at the bottom of the hill beyond the palace
1	Across	across	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Behind the old garden wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t10:o4:1
# text = Behind the old garden wall
1	Behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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