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title: Is the story set somewhere cold, innit? — Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is the story set somewhere cold, innit? Test 7 · ★ 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 th
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…

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Is the story set somewhere cold, innit?

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

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t7:1
# text = Is the story set somewhere cold, innit?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **set** | past | the story |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive | the story *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
Nah, it's down south by the sunny coast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t7:o1:1
# text = Nah, it's down south by the sunny coast
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	south	south	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | by the sunny coast; down, south *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, Northern Jutland, on the wild moor, where the sea roars and the sheep wander over the hills, bro

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t7:o2:1
# text = Yeah, Northern Jutland, on the wild moor, where the sea roars and the sheep wander over the hills, bro
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Northern	Northern	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Jutland	Jutland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	roars	roar	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	wander	wander	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
19	over	over	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | present | the sea |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wander** | present | the sheep |  |  | the hills |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Northern Jutland, on the wild moor, proper cold, with wind howling across the heather all night long

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t7:o3:1
# text = Northern Jutland, on the wild moor, proper cold, with wind howling across the heather all night long
1	Northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Jutland	Jutland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	howling	howl	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	across	across	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	heather	heather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
20	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **howl** | gerund | wind *not said here* |  |  | the heather |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Northern Jutland, on the wild moor, proper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t7:o4:1
# text = Northern Jutland, on the wild moor, proper
1	Northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Jutland	Jutland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
```

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

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