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title: What's the Northern Light doing in the story? — Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's the Northern Light doing in the story? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What's the Northern Light doing in the story?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Northern Light · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** story

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» 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/802-pg27200-part13/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t13:1
# text = What's the Northern Light doing in the story?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Northern Light |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the Northern Light *not said here* |  |  | the story |  |  | vn act-114-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Glancing, like the king's vanishing face, flickering over the north sky all night, bro, so cool

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t13:o1:1
# text = Glancing, like the king's vanishing face, flickering over the north sky all night, bro, so cool
1	Glancing	glance	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	vanishing	vanish	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	flickering	flicker	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	north	north	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glance** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | like the king's vanishing face | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **vanish** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **flicker** | gerund |  |  |  | the north sky | night |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sky=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Just like a torch in the dark, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t13:o2:1
# text = Just like a torch in the dark, fam
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Super bright, like the king's face when he vanished into the grave, fam, and totally gone now

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t13:o3:1
# text = Super bright, like the king's face when he vanished into the grave, fam, and totally gone now
1	Super	super	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
21	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | past | king |  |  | the grave and fam |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | participle |  |  |  |  | now | totally *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Glancing, like the king's vanishing face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t13:o4:1
# text = Glancing, like the king's vanishing face
1	Glancing	glance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	vanishing	vanish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glance** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **vanish** | gerund |  | face |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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