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title: dude, how did the tree feel when it was carried into the sun? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree,… · tree and pragmatics
description: dude, how did the tree feel when it was carried into the sun? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 826 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 37: the tree is thrown out and its gold star is pulled off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 37: the tree is…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dude, how did the tree feel when it was carried into the sun?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tree · **What happens:** feel, carry · **To what, where:** tree, sun

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 826 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 37: the tree is thrown out and its gold star is pulled off» 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/826-pg27200-part37/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:t13:1
# text = dude, how did the tree feel when it was carried into the sun?
1	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past · do-support | the tree |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **carry** | past · passive |  | tree |  | the sun |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
happy that life was starting again, as the warm sun shone on the green yard and the birds sang

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:t13:o1:1
# text = happy that life was starting again, as the warm sun shone on the green yard and the birds sang
1	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	advcl	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	starting	start	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	shone	shine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
20	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past · progressive | life |  |  |  | again | as the warm sun and the birds | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **shine** | participle |  | the warm sun and the birds *not said here* |  |  |  | on the green yard | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on yard=Location |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
happy that life was starting again, for the spring had come and the snow had melted from the roof

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:t13:o2:1
# text = happy that life was starting again, for the spring had come and the snow had melted from the roof
1	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	starting	start	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	parataxis	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past · progressive | life |  |  |  | again |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come** | past · perfect | the spring |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **melt** | past · perfect · passive |  | the snow |  | the roof |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
happy that life was starting again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:t13:o3:1
# text = happy that life was starting again
1	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	starting	start	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past · progressive | life |  |  |  | again |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
glad that spring had come back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:826-pg27200-part37:t13:o4:1
# text = glad that spring had come back
1	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | past · perfect | spring |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «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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