--- title: wait, was jurgen sitting by clara in church or what? — Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the E… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, was jurgen sitting by clara in church or what? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 968 «Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179: the shipwreck and Clara's death» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/968-pg27200-part179/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the E…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/968-pg27200-part179/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179… wait, was jurgen sitting by clara in church or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, sit · **To what, where:** church This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 968 «Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179: the shipwreck and Clara's death» 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/968-pg27200-part179/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t3:1 # text = wait, was jurgen sitting by clara in church or what? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 jurgen jurgen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 compound _ _ 5 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 clara clara NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **sit** | past · progressive | you *not said here* | | | church | | by clara | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by clara=Location | 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} he knelt right beside her at the altar rail and watched ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t3:o1:1 # text = he knelt right beside her at the altar rail and watched 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 beside beside ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 rail rail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kneel** | past | he | | | the altar rail | | beside her *= she*; right *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside she=Location | | 2 | **watch** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} he was kneeling across the aisle, far from her, praying alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t3:o2:1 # text = he was kneeling across the aisle, far from her, praying alone 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 kneeling kneel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 across across ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 aisle aisle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 praying pray VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 13 alone alone ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kneel** | past · progressive | he | | | the aisle | | far *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pray** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he knelt right next to her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t3:o3:1 # text = he knelt right next to her 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 next next ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kneel** | past | he | | her *= she* | | | next *property* | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} he kneeled near the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t3:o4:1 # text = he kneeled near the door 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kneeled kneele VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 near near ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kneele** | participle | he | | | the door | | | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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