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title: Wait, where was the marble block lying around? — Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, where was the marble block lying around? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 952 «Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor sculptor in Rome falls in love with a noble lady and carves her in marble» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul…

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Wait, where was the marble block lying around?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, marble block · **What happens:** wait, be, lie around · **To what, where:** marble block

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 952 «Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor sculptor in Rome falls in love with a noble lady and carves her in marble» 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/952-pg27200-part163/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t8:1
# text = Wait, where was the marble block lying around?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	marble	marble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	around	around	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	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 marble block |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lie around** | gerund | the marble block *not said here* |  |  |  |  | around *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Beside the old well and the fountain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t8:o1:1
# text = Beside the old well and the fountain
1	Beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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In the courtyard, all covered in weeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t8:o2:1
# text = In the courtyard, all covered in weeds
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	weeds	weed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle · passive |  | all |  |  |  | in weeds; in the courtyard | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in courtyard=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lying in the open lane beside the palace gate, half buried under broken tiles and weeds

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t8:o3:1
# text = Lying in the open lane beside the palace gate, half buried under broken tiles and weeds
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	12	advmod	_	_
12	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	under	under	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	tiles	tile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	weeds	weed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  | the open lane |  | beside the palace gate | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lane=Location |
| 2 | **bury** | participle |  |  |  | broken tiles and weeds |  | half *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under tile=Destination |
| 3 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the courtyard of the sculptor's house, all overgrown and covered in dust and weeds

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t8:o4:1
# text = In the courtyard of the sculptor's house, all overgrown and covered in dust and weeds
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sculptor	sculptor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	overgrown	overgrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	weeds	weed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overgrow** | participle · passive |  | all |  | the courtyard of the sculptor's house |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | in dust and weeds | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dust=Theme |

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