--- title: lol, the dolls were all sighing, right? — Andersen's Tales, The Travelling Compa… · tree and pragmatics description: lol, the dolls were all sighing, right? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1007 «Andersen's Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 218: John pays for a dead man's rest, then the salve mends a broken doll» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1007-pg27200-part218/t8/) [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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Travelling Compa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1007-pg27200-part218/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 218: John… lol, the dolls were all sighing, right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dolls · **What happens:** sigh This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1007 «Andersen's Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 218: John pays for a dead man's rest, then the salve mends a broken doll» 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/1007-pg27200-part218/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1007-pg27200-part218:t8:1 # text = lol, the dolls were all sighing, right? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dolls doll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 sighing sigh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 right right INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sigh** | past · progressive | the dolls | | | | | all *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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 {#o1} no, they laughed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1007-pg27200-part218:t8:o1:1 # text = no, they laughed 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | they | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yeah, they sighed pitifully ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1007-pg27200-part218:t8:o2:1 # text = yeah, they sighed pitifully 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 pitifully pitifully ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sigh** | past | they | | | | | pitifully *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} no, they all shouted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1007-pg27200-part218:t8:o3:1 # text = no, they all shouted 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 shouted shout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle · passive | | they | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} yes, they wept loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1007-pg27200-part218:t8:o4:1 # text = yes, they wept loudly 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | they | | | | | loudly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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