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title: Yo, what did the rose tree keep doing, even when it was sad? — Andersen's Tales, A Story from the San… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, what did the rose tree keep doing, even when it was sad? Test 2 · ★ 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 the de
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, A Story from the Sand-Hills, part 2: a y…

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Yo, what did the rose tree keep doing, even when it was sad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rose tree, tree · **What happens:** do, keep, be

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t2:1
# text = Yo, what did the rose tree keep doing, even when it was sad?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | the rose tree |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | gerund | the rose tree *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | past | tree |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
kept growin' with no fuss, fr

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t2:o1:1
# text = kept growin' with no fuss, fr
1	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	growin	growin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	fuss	fuss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past |  | growin |  |  |  | with no fuss and fr | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent growin=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
kept bloomin' in innocence, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t2:o2:1
# text = kept bloomin' in innocence, no cap
1	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	bloomin	bloomin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	innocence	innocence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past |  |  |  | innocence |  | bloomin *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in innocence=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
went on bloomin' sadly, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t2:o3:1
# text = went on bloomin' sadly, fam
1	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	bloomin	bloomin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  | fam |  | bloomin |  | sadly *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on bloomin=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wilted, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:961-pg27200-part172:t2:o4:1
# text = wilted, no cap
1	wilted	wilt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wilt** | participle |  | no cap |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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