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title: the shed roof sounds lit for sleeping — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus a… · tree and pragmatics
description: the shed roof sounds lit for sleeping Test 5 · ★ of lesson 868 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1: Big Claus kills Little Claus's only horse, and Little Claus climbs onto a shed roof to watch a feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1…

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the shed roof sounds lit for sleeping

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** lit · **To what, where:** shed roof

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 868 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1: Big Claus kills Little Claus's only horse, and Little Claus climbs onto a shed roof to watch a feast» 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/868-pg27200-part79/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t5:1
# text = the shed roof sounds lit for sleeping
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | present · passive |  | the shed roof |  |  |  | for sleeping | tree rules |

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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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nah it's too high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t5:o1:1
# text = nah it's too high
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | high *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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ya but he's worried the stork might bite his legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t5:o2:1
# text = ya but he's worried the stork might bite his legs
1	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	worried	worry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worry** | present · passive | ya |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **bite** | might | the stork | stork's legs |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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ya but he's worried the fox will sneak up on him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t5:o3:1
# text = ya but he's worried the fox will sneak up on him
1	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	worried	worry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	sneak	sneak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worry** | present · passive | ya |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sneak up** | future | the fox |  |  |  |  | on him *= he* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on he=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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nah cuz the roof is wet and he might slip off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t5:o4:1
# text = nah cuz the roof is wet and he might slip off
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	cuz	cuz	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	slip	slip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cuz** | infinitive | the roof *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the roof |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **slip off** | might | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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