--- title: Was Grethel scared when she heard the parents talking? — Grimm's Tales, The Brother and Sister:… · tree and pragmatics description: Was Grethel scared when she heard the parents talking? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 100 «Grimm's Tales, The Brother and Sister: the Queen comes back to life and the witch is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/100-pg11027-part3/t12/) [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/) / [Grimm's Tales, The Brother and Sister:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/100-pg11027-part3/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Brother and Sister: the Queen comes bac… Was Grethel scared when she heard the parents talking? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she, parents · **What happens:** be, hear, talk · **To what, where:** parents This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 100 «Grimm's Tales, The Brother and Sister: the Queen comes back to life and the witch is punished» 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/100-pg11027-part3/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:100-pg11027-part3:t12:1 # text = Was Grethel scared when she heard the parents talking? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 Grethel Grethel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | she | the parents | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **talk** | gerund | the parents *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, she cried bitterly and asked Hansel what would happen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:100-pg11027-part3:t12:o1:1 # text = Yeah, she cried bitterly and asked Hansel what would happen 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 Hansel Hansel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 iobj _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | she | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | she *not said here* | | Hansel | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hansel=Recipient | | 3 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, she was brave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:100-pg11027-part3:t12:o2:1 # text = Nah, she was brave 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | brave *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, she wept and asked Hansel what was going to happen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:100-pg11027-part3:t12:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she wept and asked Hansel what was going to happen 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 Hansel Hansel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 iobj _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | she | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | she *not said here* | | Hansel | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hansel=Recipient | | 3 | **go** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **happen** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, she laughed and told Hansel not to worry about anything at all, honest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:100-pg11027-part3:t12:o4:1 # text = Nah, she laughed and told Hansel not to worry about anything at all, honest 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 Hansel Hansel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 iobj _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 worry worry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | she | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she *not said here* | | Hansel | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent hansel=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **worry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | all | | about anything | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about anything=Stimulus | **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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