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title: Was the church actually banging inside, like a rave? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the church actually banging inside, like a rave? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 898 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy visits the Florence churches, then is shoved around by his mother and finds a kind home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy v…

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Was the church actually banging inside, like a rave?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, bang · **To what, where:** church

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 898 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy visits the Florence churches, then is shoved around by his mother and finds a kind home» 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/898-pg27200-part109/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:898-pg27200-part109:t7:1
# text = Was the church actually banging inside, like a rave?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	csubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	banging	bang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rave	rave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the church |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bang** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | actually, inside *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was calm, but there were lots of bells ringing and people dancing outside on the steps

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:898-pg27200-part109:t7:o1:1
# text = Nah, it was calm, but there were lots of bells ringing and people dancing outside on the steps
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	9	expl	_	_
9	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	ringing	ring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
16	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | past | lots of bells and people |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **ring** | gerund | bells *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **dance** | gerund | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on the steps; outside *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on step=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it was properly banging, with music, dancing and people shouting all round the altar

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:898-pg27200-part109:t7:o2:1
# text = Yeah, it was properly banging, with music, dancing and people shouting all round the altar
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	banging	bang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	all	all	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	round	round	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bang** | past · progressive | it | music |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location music=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | round the altar; all *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was calm, with candles and singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:898-pg27200-part109:t7:o3:1
# text = Nah, it was calm, with candles and singing
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | with candles and singing; calm *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, there was dancing and drums

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:898-pg27200-part109:t7:o4:1
# text = Yeah, there was dancing and drums
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	drums	drum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past · progressive |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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