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title: what's the Himalayas, like a playground? — Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the Himalayas, like a playground? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 934 «Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145: the Winds tell their travels, and the East Wind flies the prince toward paradise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's the Himalayas, like a playground?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Himalayas · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 934 «Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145: the Winds tell their travels, and the East Wind flies the prince toward paradise» 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/934-pg27200-part145/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t10:1
# text = what's the Himalayas, like a playground?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Himalayas	Himalaya	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Himalayas |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they're the highest mountains in Asia, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t10:o1:1
# text = nah, they're the highest mountains in Asia, bro
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | the highest mountains |  | Asia |  | bro *vocative* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, mate, they're the tallest mountains in Asia, covered in snow, and nobody can climb them without a guide, proper hard

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t10:o2:1
# text = nah, mate, they're the tallest mountains in Asia, covered in snow, and nobody can climb them without a guide, proper hard
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	20	nsubj	_	_
19	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	_
21	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	without	without	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	20	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | the tallest mountains |  | Asia |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  | the tallest mountains *not said here* |  |  |  | in snow | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in snow=Theme |
| 3 | **climb** | can | nobody | mountains *= mountain* |  |  |  | without a guide; hard *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location they=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they're the highest mountains in the whole world, full of snow and ice, the top of Asia, bro, no cap

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t10:o3:1
# text = nah, they're the highest mountains in the whole world, full of snow and ice, the top of Asia, bro, no cap
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	27	det	_	_
27	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | the highest mountains |  | the whole world |  | no cap *nmod* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they're some big rocks in Africa, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t10:o4:1
# text = nah, they're some big rocks in Africa, bro
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | some big rocks |  | Africa |  | bro *vocative* | tree rules |

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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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