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title: ngl the violin sounded like birds tweeting, right? — Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the violin sounded like birds tweeting, right? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 937 «Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick girl's window and gives her hope» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ngl the violin sounded like birds tweeting, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, violin, birds · **What happens:** ngl, sound, tweet

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 937 «Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick girl's window and gives her hope» 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/937-pg27200-part148/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:937-pg27200-part148:t9:1
# text = ngl the violin sounded like birds tweeting, right?
1	ngl	ngl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	violin	violin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sounded	sound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	tweeting	tweet	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ngl** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | past | the violin |  |  |  |  | like birds | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **tweet** | gerund | birds *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, and like wind through fir-trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:937-pg27200-part148:t9:o1:1
# text = yeah, and like wind through fir-trees
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it sounded like a big iron bell ringing at midnight in a deserted church by the sea

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:937-pg27200-part148:t9:o2:1
# text = nah, it sounded like a big iron bell ringing at midnight in a deserted church by the sea
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sounded	sound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	ringing	ring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	deserted	desert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | past | it |  |  |  |  | like a big iron bell | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ring** | gerund | a big iron bell *not said here* |  |  | a deserted church | midnight | by the sea | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in church=Location |
| 3 | **desert** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, and like wind through fir-trees, and also like a crowd of children shouting outside

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:937-pg27200-part148:t9:o3:1
# text = yeah, and like wind through fir-trees, and also like a crowd of children shouting outside
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	also	also	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
18	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	_	_
19	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | children *not said here* |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, like a loud drum in a tin box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:937-pg27200-part148:t9:o4:1
# text = nah, like a loud drum in a tin box
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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