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title: sus, why was the willow dripping? — Andersen's Tales, The Buckwheat: a pro… · tree and pragmatics
description: sus, why was the willow dripping? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 807 «Andersen's Tales, The Buckwheat: a proud buckwheat defies the storm and is burnt black» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Buckwheat: a proud buckwheat defies…

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sus, why was the willow dripping?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sus · **What happens:** be, drip · **To what, where:** willow

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 807 «Andersen's Tales, The Buckwheat: a proud buckwheat defies the storm and is burnt black» 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/807-pg27200-part18/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:807-pg27200-part18:t7:1
# text = sus, why was the willow dripping?
1	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	willow	willow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	dripping	drip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | sus and the willow *not said here* | the willow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drip** | gerund | sus and the willow |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

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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}

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Water fell from his leaves like tears, since he was crying over the lost buckwheat field

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:807-pg27200-part18:t7:o1:1
# text = Water fell from his leaves like tears, since he was crying over the lost buckwheat field
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
16	buckwheat	buckwheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | Water |  |  | Water's leaves like tears |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from leaf=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · progressive | Water |  |  | the lost buckwheat field |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over field=Location |
| 3 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dew dripped from his branches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:807-pg27200-part18:t7:o2:1
# text = Dew dripped from his branches
1	Dew	Dew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dripped	drip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drip** | past | Dew |  |  | Dew's branches |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from branch=Source |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Water fell from his leaves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:807-pg27200-part18:t7:o3:1
# text = Water fell from his leaves
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | Water |  |  | Water's leaves |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from leaf=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Water fell from his leaves after the storm, because he felt sorry for the buckwheat

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:807-pg27200-part18:t7:o4:1
# text = Water fell from his leaves after the storm, because he felt sorry for the buckwheat
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	buckwheat	buckwheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | Water |  |  | Water's leaves | after the storm |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from leaf=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **feel** | past | Water |  |  |  |  | for the buckwheat; sorry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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