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title: what's up with the lake, did the prince swim in it? — Andersen's Tales, The Bell, part 11: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's up with the lake, did the prince swim in it? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 800 «Andersen's Tales, The Bell, part 11: the king's son walks on alone, deeper into the wood after the sound» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bell, part 11: the king's son walks…

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what's up with the lake, did the prince swim in it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** be, do, swim · **To what, where:** lake

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 800 «Andersen's Tales, The Bell, part 11: the king's son walks on alone, deeper into the wood after the sound» 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/800-pg27200-part11/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:800-pg27200-part11:t10:1
# text = what's up with the lake, did the prince swim in it?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | up *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with the lake | tree rules |
| 3 | **swim** | present | the prince |  |  | lake |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Trajectory |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he only saw swans flapping their wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:800-pg27200-part11:t10:o1:1
# text = nah, he only saw swans flapping their wings
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	flapping	flap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | he | swans |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer swan=Stimulus |
| 2 | **flap** | gerund | swans *not said here* | swans's wings |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he only saw swans flapping their wings from the shore at dusk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:800-pg27200-part11:t10:o2:1
# text = nah, he only saw swans flapping their wings from the shore at dusk
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	flapping	flap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | he | swans |  | the shore at dusk |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer swan=Stimulus |
| 2 | **flap** | gerund | swans *not said here* | swans's wings |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he only saw ducks skimming the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:800-pg27200-part11:t10:o3:1
# text = nah, he only saw ducks skimming the water
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	skimming	skim	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | he | ducks |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer duck=Stimulus |
| 2 | **skim** | gerund | ducks *not said here* | the water |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent water=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he only saw geese on the lake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:800-pg27200-part11:t10:o4:1
# text = nah, he only saw geese on the lake
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | he | geese |  | the lake |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer goose=Stimulus |

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