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title: Innit creepy how the trumpeters on the door look, right? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Innit creepy how the trumpeters on the door look, right? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 921 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man and a little boy become friends across the street» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man an…

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Innit creepy how the trumpeters on the door look, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, trumpeters · **What happens:** innit, look · **To what, where:** creepy

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 921 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man and a little boy become friends across the street» 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/921-pg27200-part132/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t4:1
# text = Innit creepy how the trumpeters on the door look, right?
1	Innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trumpeters	trumpeter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **innit** | imperative | you *not said here* | creepy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | the trumpeters on the door |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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, they blow trumpets really hard with their cheeks all puffed out at the door

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they blow trumpets really hard with their cheeks all puffed out at the door
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	blow	blow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	trumpets	trumpet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	puffed	puff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | present | they | trumpets |  |  |  | with trumpets's cheeks; hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent trumpet=Patient |
| 2 | **puff out** | past | they *not said here* |  |  | the door |  | all *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They blow with their cheeks puffed out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t4:o2:1
# text = They blow with their cheeks puffed out
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blow	blow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	puffed	puff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | present | They |  |  |  |  | with their cheeks | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with cheek=Theme |
| 2 | **puff out** | participle |  | their cheeks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They blow with their cheeks puffed out, like they're really going for it

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t4:o3:1
# text = They blow with their cheeks puffed out, like they're really going for it
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blow	blow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	puffed	puff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	really	really	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | present | They |  |  |  |  | with their cheeks | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with cheek=Theme |
| 2 | **puff out** | participle |  | their cheeks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 3 | **go** | present · progressive | cheeks *= cheek* |  |  |  |  | for it | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They look like they're shouting now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:t4:o4:1
# text = They look like they're shouting now
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | present · progressive | they |  |  |  | now |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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