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title: where was the clerk walking to on Sunday, bruh? — Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fort… · tree and pragmatics
description: where was the clerk walking to on Sunday, bruh? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 840 «Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 51: a volunteer shrinks to wander through strange hearts, then a clerk puts on the goloshes and feels like a poet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 51: a volu…

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where was the clerk walking to on Sunday, bruh?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** clerk · **What happens:** be, walk

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 840 «Andersen's Tales, The Goloshes of Fortune, part 51: a volunteer shrinks to wander through strange hearts, then a clerk puts on the goloshes and feels like a poet» 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/840-pg27200-part51/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t13:1
# text = where was the clerk walking to on Sunday, bruh?
1	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the clerk |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | the clerk *not said here* |  |  |  | sunday |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To Fredericksburg to see the old gardens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t13:o1:1
# text = To Fredericksburg to see the old gardens
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Fredericksburg	Fredericksburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | the old gardens | Fredericksburg |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer garden=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Kronborg Castle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t13:o2:1
# text = Kronborg Castle
1	Kronborg	Kronborg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Castle	Castle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fredericksburg, to visit the poet at the castle by the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t13:o3:1
# text = Fredericksburg, to visit the poet at the castle by the sea
1	Fredericksburg	Fredericksburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	visit	visit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | to-infinitive | Fredericksburg | the poet |  | the castle |  | by the sea | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poet=Co-Agent |

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

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Fredericksburg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:840-pg27200-part51:t13:o4:1
# text = Fredericksburg
1	Fredericksburg	Fredericksburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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