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title: wait, the stag was just chillin on a stick over the fire? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Garden of… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, the stag was just chillin on a stick over the fire? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 933 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Garden of Paradise, part 144: the lost prince shelters in the Winds' cave and hears the North and West Winds tell their adventures» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Garden of Paradise, part 144:…

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wait, the stag was just chillin on a stick over the fire?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, stag · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** chillin, stick

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 933 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Garden of Paradise, part 144: the lost prince shelters in the Winds' cave and hears the North and West Winds tell their adventures» 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/933-pg27200-part144/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:933-pg27200-part144:t4:1
# text = wait, the stag was just chillin on a stick over the fire?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	chillin	chillin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the stag | chillin |  | a stick over the fire |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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yep, turning slowly on a spit and smelling amazing lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:933-pg27200-part144:t4:o1:1
# text = yep, turning slowly on a spit and smelling amazing lol
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	smelling	smell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
10	amazing	amazing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  | a spit |  | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on spit=Trajectory |
| 2 | **smell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | amazing *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, cooking in a pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:933-pg27200-part144:t4:o2:1
# text = yep, cooking in a pot
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in a pot | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in pot=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, turning on a spit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:933-pg27200-part144:t4:o3:1
# text = yep, turning on a spit
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  | a spit |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on spit=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, turning on a spit over the fire like dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:933-pg27200-part144:t4:o4:1
# text = yep, turning on a spit over the fire like dinner
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  | a spit |  | over the fire like dinner | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme on spit=Source over fire=Trajectory |

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