---
title: did the mom tell them to close the shutters, or nah? — Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 6… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the mom tell them to close the shutters, or nah? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1474 «Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard is caught in a split tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1474-pg503-part61/t10/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 6…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1474-pg503-part61/) / t10

# Test 10 · ★ · Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
did the mom tell them to close the shutters, or nah?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mom · **What happens:** tell, close · **To what, where:** them, shutters · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1474 «Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard is caught in a split tree» 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/1474-pg503-part61/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1474-pg503-part61:t10:1
# text = did the mom tell them to close the shutters, or nah?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	shutters	shutter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the mom |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **close** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the mom *not said here* | the shutters |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shutter=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
nah, Snow-white opened them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1474-pg503-part61:t10:o1:1
# text = nah, Snow-white opened them
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	white	white	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | Snow white | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, Snow-white closed them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1474-pg503-part61:t10:o2:1
# text = yeah, Snow-white closed them
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | participle · passive |  | Snow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the mother told them to leave the shutters open so the bear could see inside

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1474-pg503-part61:t10:o3:1
# text = nah, the mother told them to leave the shutters open so the bear could see inside
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shutters	shutter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	open	open	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
17	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the mother |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the mother *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **open** | present | the shutters |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **see** | could | the bear |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the mother told Snow-white to close the shutters before the bear came in the house

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1474-pg503-part61:t10:o4:1
# text = yeah, the mother told Snow-white to close the shutters before the bear came in the house
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
6	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shutters	shutter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the mother |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **close** | to-infinitive | the mother *not said here* | the shutters |  |  | before the bear |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shutter=Patient |
| 3 | **come** | past |  |  |  | the house |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 6…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1474-pg503-part61/t9/)
- next →: [Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 6…, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1474-pg503-part61/t11/)
- ↑ back to [Grimm, Snow-white and Rose-red, part 61: the dwarf's beard is caught in a split tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1474-pg503-part61/)