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title: Ngl, what does the old word "sexton" mean? — Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what does the old word "sexton" mean? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon sh…

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Ngl, what does the old word "sexton" mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** do, mean · **To what, where:** old word

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» 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/906-pg27200-part117/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t12:1
# text = Ngl, what does the old word "sexton" mean?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|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	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	sexton	sexton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Ngl | the old word |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality |
| 2 | **mean** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The churchyard caretaker who digs graves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t12:o1:1
# text = The churchyard caretaker who digs graves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	caretaker	caretaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	digs	dig	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | present | the churchyard caretaker | graves |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent grave=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A church priest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t12:o2:1
# text = A church priest
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A servant who ran the theatre stage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t12:o3:1
# text = A servant who ran the theatre stage
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | a servant | the theatre stage |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stage=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A hired mourner who sings at funerals and weeps for pay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t12:o4:1
# text = A hired mourner who sings at funerals and weeps for pay
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hired	hire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	mourner	mourner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sings	sing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	funerals	funeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	weeps	weep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hire** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | a hired mourner |  |  | funerals and weeps |  | for pay | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location |

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