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title: Bro, what did she say the railway guys were doing? — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, what did she say the railway guys were doing? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 860 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures the eaglet and brings it to the mill, while the Ice Maiden mocks the railway» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures t…

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Bro, what did she say the railway guys were doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she, railway guys · **What happens:** say, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 860 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures the eaglet and brings it to the mill, while the Ice Maiden mocks the railway» 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/860-pg27200-part71/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t6:1
# text = Bro, what did she say the railway guys were doing?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	railway	railway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	guys	guy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | she |  |  |  |  | Bro *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past · progressive | the railway guys |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Digging holes for fun.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t6:o1:1
# text = Digging holes for fun.
1	Digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | gerund |  | holes |  |  |  | for fun | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent hole=Result for fun=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Blasting rock inside the cliff like silly little boys.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t6:o2:1
# text = Blasting rock inside the cliff like silly little boys.
1	Blasting	blast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blast** | gerund |  | rock |  | the cliff like silly little boys |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rock=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Drilling mountains, playing like children in the snow.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t6:o3:1
# text = Drilling mountains, playing like children in the snow.
1	Drilling	drill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drill** | gerund |  | mountains |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Patient |
| 2 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  | the snow |  | like children | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Playing at work underground like moles, digging tunnels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t6:o4:1
# text = Playing at work underground like moles, digging tunnels
1	Playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	underground	underground	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	moles	mole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
9	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  | work |  | like moles; underground *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **dig** | gerund |  | tunnels |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tunnel=Theme |

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