Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145:…

why did the merchants throw themselves on the ground?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: merchants · What happens: do, throw · To what, where: merchants, ground

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 934 «Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145: the Winds tell their travels, and the East Wind flies the prince toward paradise» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 merchants	det
4	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 throw	nsubj
5	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 throw	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 throw	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							tree rules
2	throw	present	the merchants	merchants = merchant		the ground			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme on ground=Destination

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

cos they had lost all their camels and gold, fam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	nsubj:pass
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lost	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	aux
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 camels	det:predet
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 camels	nmod:poss
7	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lost	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gold	cc
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 camels	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fam	punct
11	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 camels	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect · passive		cos					tree rules

Option 2

cos the sand wind came and buried the whole caravan under a pyramid of sand and they prayed to Allah to save them, proper scary

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wind	det
3	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wind	compound
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	parataxis
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 buried	cc
7	buried	bury	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 caravan	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 caravan	amod
10	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buried	obj
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 pyramid	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pyramid	det
13	pyramid	pyramid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buried	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 sand	case
15	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pyramid	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 prayed	cc
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 prayed	nsubj
18	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	conj
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 Allah	case
20	Allah	Allah	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 prayed	obl
21	to	to	PART	_	22 save	mark
22	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 prayed	advcl
23	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 save	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 scary	punct
25	proper	properly	ADV	_	26 scary	advmod
26	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cos	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here				tree rules
2	come	past	the sand wind				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	bury	past	the sand wind not said here	the whole caravan		a pyramid of sand	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent caravan=Theme under pyramid=Destination
4	pray	past	they		Allah		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5	save	to-infinitive	they not said here	them = they			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

cos the East Wind was shouting at them from the sky and they thought the world was ending, bro, no cap, dead scared

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Wind	det
3	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Wind	compound
4	Wind	Wind	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 shouting	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shouting	aux
6	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 cos	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shouting	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 sky	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sky	det
11	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouting	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 thought	cc
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 thought	nsubj
14	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 world	det
16	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ending	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 ending	aux
18	ending	end	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 thought	ccomp
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 bro	punct
20	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ending	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 cap	punct
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	23 cap	det
23	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 bro	appos
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 cos	punct
25	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 scared	amod
26	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cos	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here				tree rules
2	shout speech: express	past · progressive	the East Wind		the sky	at them = they	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	think speech: other	past	they				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	end	past · progressive	the world	bro			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality bro=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

cos they were scared of the sand wind and Allah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 scared	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scared	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scared	cop
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 wind	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wind	det
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wind	compound
8	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scared	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Allah	cc
10	Allah	Allah	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 wind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					of the sand wind and Allah; scared property	tree rules

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