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title: Wait, the bird never dies? Like, ever? — Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, the bird never dies? Like, ever? Test 3 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, the bird never dies? Like, ever?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, bird · **What happens:** wait, not die

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Wait, the bird never dies?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t3:1
# text = Wait, the bird never dies?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **die** | present | the bird |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Like, ever?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t3:2
# text = Like, ever?
1	Like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kinda, it goes quiet in the snow, bro, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t3:o1:1
# text = Kinda, it goes quiet in the snow, bro, lol
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | it |  |  | the snow and bro |  | kinda, quiet *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in snow=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never, bro, it's the Bird of Popular Song, it flies over the moor and the castles and the sea, forever

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t3:o2:1
# text = Never, bro, it's the Bird of Popular Song, it flies over the moor and the castles and the sea, forever
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Song	Song	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	castles	castle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
25	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | bro | the Bird |  |  |  | of Popular Song | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly** | present | bro | bro |  | the moor and the castles and the sea |  | forever *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over moor=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never, fam, it just keeps singing forever, it's the Bird of Popular Song, no cap, trust me

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t3:o3:1
# text = Never, fam, it just keeps singing forever, it's the Bird of Popular Song, no cap, trust me
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	Popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Song	Song	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	20	det	_	_
20	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	trust	trust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
23	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | fam |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | fam *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | fam | the Bird |  |  |  | of Popular Song | tree rules |
| 4 | **trust** | infinitive | fam *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never, fam, it's the Bird of Popular Song

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t3:o4:1
# text = Never, fam, it's the Bird of Popular Song
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Song	Song	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | fam | the Bird |  |  |  | of Popular Song | tree rules |

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