--- title: What did the windmill reckon it was, bro? — Andersen's Tales, The Wind Tells about… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the windmill reckon it was, bro? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1030 «Andersen's Tales, The Wind Tells about Valdemar Daae and His Daughters: the stork's nest, Anna Dorothea's end, the mill that burned» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1030-pg27200-part241/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 Wind Tells about…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1030-pg27200-part241/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Wind Tells about Valdemar Daae and H… What did the windmill reckon it was, bro? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** windmill · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** bro This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1030 «Andersen's Tales, The Wind Tells about Valdemar Daae and His Daughters: the stork's nest, Anna Dorothea's end, the mill that burned» 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/1030-pg27200-part241/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1030-pg27200-part241:t8:1 # text = What did the windmill reckon it was, bro? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 windmill windmill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the windmill | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute | | 2 | **is a** | past | windmill | bro | | | | | 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 {#o1} A tall tower ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1030-pg27200-part241:t8:o1:1 # text = A tall tower 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Enlightened, with sun and candles ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1030-pg27200-part241:t8:o2:1 # text = Enlightened, with sun and candles 1 Enlightened enlighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 candles candle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enlighten** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} A bright house with lamps ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1030-pg27200-part241:t8:o3:1 # text = A bright house with lamps 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Lit up by sun and candles ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1030-pg27200-part241:t8:o4:1 # text = Lit up by sun and candles 1 Lit lit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 candles candle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lit up** | participle | | | | | | by sun and candles | tree rules | **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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