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title: why do the stars go down on graves though? — Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper… · tree and pragmatics
description: why do the stars go down on graves though? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 929 «Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 140: Ole talks about boulders, the wild ride to Amack and falling stars» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 140: Ole talk…

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why do the stars go down on graves though?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stars · **What happens:** go down · **To what, where:** graves

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 929 «Andersen's Tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 140: Ole talks about boulders, the wild ride to Amack and falling stars» 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/929-pg27200-part140/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:929-pg27200-part140:t3:1
# text = why do the stars go down on graves though?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	though	though	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go down** | present · do-support | the stars |  |  | graves |  | down, though *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on grave=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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cause Ole thinks silent thanks get caught up and fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:929-pg27200-part140:t3:o1:1
# text = cause Ole thinks silent thanks get caught up and fall
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
2	Ole	ole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | ole *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **catch up** | present · passive |  | silent thanks |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **fall** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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cause the dead like shiny stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:929-pg27200-part140:t3:o2:1
# text = cause the dead like shiny stuff
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* | the dead |  |  |  | like shiny stuff | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition dead=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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cause they're dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:929-pg27200-part140:t3:o3:1
# text = cause they're dead
1	cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dead	dead	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 | they |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause the wind blows them down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:929-pg27200-part140:t3:o4:1
# text = cause the wind blows them down
1	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **blow down** | present | the wind | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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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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