--- title: did the king just grab her off her horse? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans… · tree and pragmatics description: did the king just grab her off her horse? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1023 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 234: Eliza spins nettles in silence, is taken to the king's castle, and is made queen while she still cannot speak.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1023-pg27200-part234/t4/) [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/1023-pg27200-part234/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 234: Eliza sp… did the king just grab her off her horse? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, grab · **To what, where:** king, her This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1023 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 234: Eliza spins nettles in silence, is taken to the king's castle, and is made queen while she still cannot speak.» 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/1023-pg27200-part234/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1023-pg27200-part234:t4:1 # text = did the king just grab her off her horse? 1 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 grab grab VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 off off ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the king | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | | 2 | **grab** | infinitive | | her *= she* | | | | off her horse | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme off horse=Source | 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} yeah, he grabbed her and tossed her across his saddle when she screamed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1023-pg27200-part234:t4:o1:1 # text = yeah, he grabbed her and tossed her across his saddle when she screamed 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grabbed grab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 tossed toss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 across across ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 screamed scream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | past | he | her *= she* | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **toss** | past | he *not said here* | her *= she* | | his saddle | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | she | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, he gently lifted her onto his own horse and rode off to the castle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1023-pg27200-part234:t4:o2:1 # text = nah, he gently lifted her onto his own horse and rode off to the castle 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 gently gently ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 onto onto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | past | he | her *= she* | | | | onto his own horse; gently *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme onto horse=Destination | | 2 | **ride off** | past | he *not said here* | | | the castle | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to castle=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} nah, he lifted her onto his own horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1023-pg27200-part234:t4:o3:1 # text = nah, he lifted her onto his own horse 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 onto onto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | past | he | her *= she* | | | | onto his own horse | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme onto horse=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, she jumped on by herself, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1023-pg27200-part234:t4:o4:1 # text = nah, she jumped on by herself, mate 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 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump on** | past | she | | | | | by herself *= she*; mate *vocative* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by herself=Trajectory | **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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