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title: Wait, so the willow is basically Knud's dad, right? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tre… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, so the willow is basically Knud's dad, right? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1018 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tree: Knud dreams under the willow and is found frozen to death» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tree: Knud dreams under…

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Wait, so the willow is basically Knud's dad, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, willow · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** dad

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1018 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Willow-Tree: Knud dreams under the willow and is found frozen to 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/1018-pg27200-part229/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:t2:1
# text = Wait, so the willow is basically Knud's dad, right?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	willow	willow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	Knud	Knud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **is a** | present | the willow | Knud's dad |  |  |  | basically *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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In the dream it speaks and acts like a big old man who carries Knud on its back

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:t2:o1:1
# text = In the dream it speaks and acts like a big old man who carries Knud on its back
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	acts	act	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	Knud	Knud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | dream |  |  | the dream |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **act** | present | dream *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a big old man | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like man=Attribute |
| 3 | **carry** | present | a big old man | Knud |  | dream's back |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knud=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It talks like a wise old man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:t2:o2:1
# text = It talks like a wise old man
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | It |  |  |  |  | like a wise old man | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, in the dream it is a big old man who carries Knud along the road to Kjoge

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:t2:o3:1
# text = No, in the dream it is a big old man who carries Knud along the road to Kjoge
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	Knud	Knud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	along	along	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Kjoge	Kjoge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | dream | a big old man |  | the dream |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | present | a big old man | Knud | Kjoge |  |  | along the road | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent knud=Theme to kjoge=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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In the dream it acts like a big old man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1018-pg27200-part229:t2:o4:1
# text = In the dream it acts like a big old man
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	acts	act	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | present | dream |  |  | the dream |  | like a big old man | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like man=Attribute |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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