--- title: Is the frost on the trees mad pretty? — Andersen's Tales, The Snow-Man, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Is the frost on the trees mad pretty? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1619 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow-Man, part 1: a Snow-man is born and learns about the sun, the moon and the weather» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1619-pg5615-part8/t7/) [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 Snow-Man, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1619-pg5615-part8/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Snow-Man, part 1: a Snow-man is born… Is the frost on the trees mad pretty? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** frost, trees This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1619 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow-Man, part 1: a Snow-man is born and learns about the sun, the moon and the weather» 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/1619-pg5615-part8/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1619-pg5615-part8:t7:1 # text = Is the frost on the trees mad pretty? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the frost | | the trees | | | 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 {#o1} Like a whole wood of pink coral, all glittering under the cold morning sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1619-pg5615-part8:t7:o1:1 # text = Like a whole wood of pink coral, all glittering under the cold morning sun 1 Like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 pink pink ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 coral coral NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 nsubj _ _ 10 glittering glitter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 acl _ _ 11 under under ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glitter** | gerund | all | a whole wood of pink coral *not said here* | | the cold morning sun | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Like white coral trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1619-pg5615-part8:t7:o2:1 # text = Like white coral trees 1 Like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 coral coral NOUN NN _ 4 compound _ _ 4 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Like a wood of coral ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1619-pg5615-part8:t7:o3:1 # text = Like a wood of coral 1 Like like ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 coral coral NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Like frost on a window ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1619-pg5615-part8:t7:o4:1 # text = Like frost on a window 1 Like like ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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