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title: Did the bird just hang out in the wall doing nothing? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who T… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the bird just hang out in the wall doing nothing? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 833 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, part 44: Inge is freed as a little bird, does good deeds all winter, and turns white» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, par…

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Did the bird just hang out in the wall doing nothing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bird, wall · **What happens:** hang out, do · **To what, where:** wall, nothing

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 833 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, part 44: Inge is freed as a little bird, does good deeds all winter, and turns white» 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/833-pg27200-part44/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:833-pg27200-part44:t4:1
# text = Did the bird just hang out in the wall doing nothing?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang out** | past · do-support | the bird |  |  | the wall |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wall=Location |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the wall *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

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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}

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Nah, it found the air and moonlight dope, but it spent most of the winter hiding inside the old church tower

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:833-pg27200-part44:t4:o1:1
# text = Nah, it found the air and moonlight dope, but it spent most of the winter hiding inside the old church tower
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	dope	dope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	spent	spend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
19	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
22	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | it | the air and moonlight dope |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Topic |
| 2 | **spend** | past | dope | most of the winter |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Asset |
| 3 | **hide** | gerund | dope *not said here* |  |  | the old church tower |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside tower=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it liked the cold moon night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:833-pg27200-part44:t4:o2:1
# text = Nah, it liked the cold moon night
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | it |  |  |  | night |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it found the air and moonlight dope, and it also flew out to see the sea every night

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:833-pg27200-part44:t4:o3:1
# text = Nah, it found the air and moonlight dope, and it also flew out to see the sea every night
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	dope	dope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	also	also	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | it | the air and moonlight dope |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Topic |
| 2 | **fly out** | past | dope |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | dope *not said here* | the sea |  |  | night |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it found the air and moonlight dope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:833-pg27200-part44:t4:o4:1
# text = Nah, it found the air and moonlight dope
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	dope	dope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | it | the air and moonlight dope |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Topic |

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