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title: was the moor a lake long ago? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the moor a lake long ago? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 887 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1: twelve months arrive by coach, and storks gossip about a lost swan-princess» 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 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1:…

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was the moor a lake long ago?

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

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 887 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1: twelve months arrive by coach, and storks gossip about a lost swan-princess» 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/887-pg27200-part98/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t9:1
# text = was the moor a lake long ago?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the moor |  |  |  |  | ago, long *property* | 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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Yeah, the ground rose up from the bottom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, the ground rose up from the bottom
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise up** | past | the ground |  |  | the bottom |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bottom=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nope, the sea covered it up later on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t9:o2:1
# text = Nope, the sea covered it up later on
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover up** | past | the sea | it |  |  |  | late *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, the water sank down under it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, the water sank down under it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink down** | past | the water |  |  | it |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the ground heaved up from under it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t9:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the ground heaved up from under it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	heaved	heave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heave up** | past | the ground |  |  | it |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from it=Initial\_Location |

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