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title: Was the beggar, like, a sad case, or just chilling with a melon? — Andersen's Tales, A Story from the San… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the beggar, like, a sad case, or just chilling with a melon? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 961 «Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a young Spanish couple sails toward Russia, but calm weather and then a storm blow their ship north» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a y…

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Was the beggar, like, a sad case, or just chilling with a melon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sad case · **What happens:** be, chill · **To what, where:** beggar

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 961 «Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a young Spanish couple sails toward Russia, but calm weather and then a storm blow their ship north» 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/961-pg27200-part172/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t12:1
# text = Was the beggar, like, a sad case, or just chilling with a melon?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	beggar	beggar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	melon	melon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the beggar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chill** | gerund | a sad case *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a melon | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with melon=Instrument |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
chilling with a juicy melon, living it up, not a care at all in the world

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t12:o1:1
# text = chilling with a juicy melon, living it up, not a care at all in the world
1	chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	juicy	juicy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	melon	melon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | gerund |  | a care at all |  | the world |  | with a juicy melon | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with melon=Instrument |
| 2 | **live up** | gerund |  | melon |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
chilling with a juicy melon in the sun, living it up, not a care at all

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t12:o2:1
# text = chilling with a juicy melon in the sun, living it up, not a care at all
1	chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	juicy	juicy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	melon	melon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | gerund |  | a care at all |  |  |  | with a juicy melon in the sun | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with melon=Instrument |
| 2 | **live up** | gerund |  | sun |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
sitting in the sun, begging for coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t12:o3:1
# text = sitting in the sun, begging for coins
1	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  | the sun |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for coins | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for coin=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
chilling with a juicy melon, living it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t12:o4:1
# text = chilling with a juicy melon, living it
1	chilling	chill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	juicy	juicy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	melon	melon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with a juicy melon | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with melon=Instrument |
| 2 | **live** | gerund |  | melon |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location |

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