--- title: bro why did the swan put its wings over her head, was it cold? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans… · tree and pragmatics description: bro why did the swan put its wings over her head, was it cold? Test 9 · ★ 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 of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1022-pg27200-part233/t9/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1022-pg27200-part233/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 233: Eliza fl… bro why did the swan put its wings over her head, was it cold? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bro, swan · **What happens:** put, be · **To what, where:** wings, head This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t9:1 # text = bro why did the swan put its wings over her head, was it cold? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:outer _ _ 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past · do-support | bro | swan's wings | | bro's head | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wing=Theme over head=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | swan | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | 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} to shade her from the sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t9:o1:1 # text = to shade her from the sun 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 shade shade VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shade** | to-infinitive | | | her *= she* | | | from the sun | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary from sun=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} because it was cold and the wind was blowing hard off the sea that night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t9:o2:1 # text = because it was cold and the wind was blowing hard off the sea that night 1 because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 blowing blow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 10 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 11 off off ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **blow** | past · progressive | the wind | | | | night | off the sea; hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient off sea=Co-Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} to hug her gently at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t9:o3:1 # text = to hug her gently at night 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hug hug VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 gently gently ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hug** | to-infinitive | | her *= she* | | | night | gently *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} to hide her from the hunters ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1022-pg27200-part233:t9:o4:1 # text = to hide her from the hunters 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive | | her *= she* | | the hunters | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent she=Patient from hunter=Beneficiary | **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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