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title: ngl, the beetle just walked off with no goodbye, why? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, the beetle just walked off with no goodbye, why? Test 11 · ★ 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 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels…

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ngl, the beetle just walked off with no goodbye, why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** walk off

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t11:1
# text = ngl, the beetle just walked off with no goodbye, why?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	beetle	beetle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk off** | past | ngl |  |  |  |  | with no goodbye | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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He wanted to tell the Emperor about the earwigs and their broken house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t11:o1:1
# text = He wanted to tell the Emperor about the earwigs and their broken house
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	earwigs	earwig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  | the Emperor |  |  | about the earwigs and earwigs's broken house | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent emperor=Recipient about earwig=Topic |
| 3 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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

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He found the earwig talk boring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t11:o2:1
# text = He found the earwig talk boring
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	earwig	earwig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | He | the earwig talk |  |  |  | boring *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was scared of the mothers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t11:o3:1
# text = He was scared of the mothers
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | of the mothers; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The earwigs insulted him so badly that he stormed off in anger and never came back

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:798-pg27200-part9:t11:o4:1
# text = The earwigs insulted him so badly that he stormed off in anger and never came back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	earwigs	earwig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	insulted	insult	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stormed	storm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insult** | past | the earwigs | him *= he* |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 2 | **storm off** | past | he |  |  | anger |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 3 | **not** **come back** | past | the earwigs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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