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title: wait, the snail got second place for just crawling? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes,… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, the snail got second place for just crawling? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 956 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 167: prizes are argued over, then poor Karen gets red shoes and is taken away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 167: prizes ar…

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wait, the snail got second place for just crawling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, snail · **What happens:** wait, get, crawl · **To what, where:** second place

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 956 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 167: prizes are argued over, then poor Karen gets red shoes and is taken away» 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/956-pg27200-part167/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:t2:1
# text = wait, the snail got second place for just crawling?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	crawling	crawl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 | **get** | past | the snail | second place |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer place=Stimulus |
| 3 | **crawl** | gerund | the snail *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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yeah, cos he rushed about lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:t2:o1:1
# text = yeah, cos he rushed about lol
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rushed	rush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush** | past | he |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, cos he hurt himself rushing, proper mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:t2:o2:1
# text = yeah, cos he hurt himself rushing, proper mad
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	rushing	rush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | past | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Patient |
| 2 | **rush** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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yeah, cos he rushed so hard he broke his collar-bone, proper mad and totally unfair

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:t2:o3:1
# text = yeah, cos he rushed so hard he broke his collar-bone, proper mad and totally unfair
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rushed	rush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
11	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	appos	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush** | past | he |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | past | he | his collar bone |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the hare got second, cos the snail was too slow to even finish the race at all

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:t2:o4:1
# text = nah, the hare got second, cos the snail was too slow to even finish the race at all
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	second	second	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
15	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the hare |  |  |  |  | second *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | the snail |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **finish** | to-infinitive | the snail *not said here* | the race |  | all |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality race=Eventuality |

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