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title: Yo, how's the sea at the convent? — Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, how's the sea at the convent? Test 8 · ★ 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 ques
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, how's the sea at the convent?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** sea, convent

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t8:1
# text = Yo, how's the sea at the convent?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	convent	convent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the sea |  | the convent |  |  | 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 -->
Super loud, bro, the North Sea is roaring like a lion on the western coast, honestly

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t8:o1:1
# text = Super loud, bro, the North Sea is roaring like a lion on the western coast, honestly
1	Super	super	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	conj	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | present · progressive | the North Sea |  |  | the western coast |  | like a lion; honestly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on coast=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Roaring, the Wester-wow-wow, loud as anything, crashing on the sand dunes all through the night

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t8:o2:1
# text = Roaring, the Wester-wow-wow, loud as anything, crashing on the sand dunes all through the night
1	Roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Wester	Wester	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	wow	wow	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	wow	wow	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	crashing	crash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	dunes	dune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
19	all	all	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
20	through	through	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **crash** | gerund |  |  |  | the sand dunes | night |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on dune=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Still and flat, the sea is calm, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t8:o3:1
# text = Still and flat, the sea is calm, mate
1	Still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the sea |  |  |  | still | calm *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Roaring, the Wester-wow-wow, loud as anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t8:o4:1
# text = Roaring, the Wester-wow-wow, loud as anything
1	Roaring	roar	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Wester	Wester	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	wow	wow	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	wow	wow	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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