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title: ngl the fairy says water has no soul, so why compare it to Eliza? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the fairy says water has no soul, so why compare it to Eliza? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1022 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza flies over the sea and waits on a tiny rock» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza fl…

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ngl the fairy says water has no soul, so why compare it to Eliza?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, fairy, water · **What happens:** ngl, say, have, compare · **To what, where:** soul, Eliza · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1022 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza flies over the sea and waits on a tiny rock» 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/1022-pg27200-part233/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t8:1
# text = ngl the fairy says water has no soul, so why compare it to Eliza?
1	ngl	ngl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
12	compare	compare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Eliza	Eliza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ngl** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the fairy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** | present | water | no soul |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient |
| 4 | **compare** | infinitive |  | soul | Eliza |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
water makes stones smooth but feels joy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t8:o1:1
# text = water makes stones smooth but feels joy
1	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | water | stones |  |  |  | smooth *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stone=Product |
| 2 | **feel** | present | water *not said here* | joy |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
water carves rock but has no sadness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t8:o2:1
# text = water carves rock but has no sadness
1	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carves	carve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | present | water | rock |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | water *not said here* | no sadness |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sadness=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
water polishes stones and wears them down, so Eliza should be as strong as the water

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t8:o3:1
# text = water polishes stones and wears them down, so Eliza should be as strong as the water
1	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	polishes	polish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	Eliza	Eliza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
13	as	as	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **polish** | present | water | stones |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Destination |
| 2 | **wear down** | present | water *not said here* | stones *= stone* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source |
| 3 | **is** | should | Eliza |  |  |  |  | as the water; strong *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
water polishes stones but can't feel pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t8:o4:1
# text = water polishes stones but can't feel pain
1	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	polishes	polish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **polish** | present | water | stones |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **feel** | can | water *not said here* | pain |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme |

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