--- title: «my lover, what's an adverbial when it's at home?» What would be a g… — Fronted adverbials · tree and pragmatics description: «my lover, what's an adverbial when it's at home?» What would be a good example to give? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 29 «Fronted adverbials» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/t9/) [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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Fronted adverbials](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/29-fronted-adverbials/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Fronted adverbials «my lover, what's an adverbial when it's at home?» What would be a good example to give? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lover, adverbial · **What happens:** be, give · **To what, where:** adverbial, home, good example This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 29 «Fronted adverbials» of the English 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/english/29-fronted-adverbials/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «my lover, what's an adverbial when it's at home?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:t9:1 # text = «my lover, what's an adverbial when it's at home?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 adverbial adverbial NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | my lover and a adverbial | a adverbial | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | adverbial | | | home | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What would be a good example to give? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:t9:2 # text = What would be a good example to give? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | would | | a good example | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The troll waited. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:t9:o1:1 # text = The troll waited. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | the troll | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Under the old bridge, the troll waited. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:t9:o2:1 # text = Under the old bridge, the troll waited. 1 Under under ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | the troll | | | the old bridge | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under bridge=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} The troll waited under the old bridge. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:t9:o3:1 # text = The troll waited under the old bridge. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | the troll | | | the old bridge | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under bridge=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} The troll. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:29-fronted-adverbials:t9:o4:1 # text = The troll. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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