--- title: did the dog lose his voice from barking too much, or what? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man,… · tree and pragmatics description: did the dog lose his voice from barking too much, or what? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1620 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs for a warm stove, freezes, and melts in the spring thaw» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1620-pg5615-part9/t10/) [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 Snow-Man,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1620-pg5615-part9/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs f… did the dog lose his voice from barking too much, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** lose, bark · **To what, where:** voice, much This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1620 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs for a warm stove, freezes, and melts in the spring thaw» 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/1620-pg5615-part9/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t10:1 # text = did the dog lose his voice from barking too much, or what? 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 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 barking bark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · do-support | the dog | dog's voice | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality | | 2 | **bark** | gerund | the dog *not said here* | much | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent much=Theme | 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} nah, from being chained up for ages and yelling at the boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t10:o1:1 # text = nah, from being chained up for ages and yelling at the boy 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 from from SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 chained chain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 yelling yell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chain up** | gerund · passive | | | | | for ages | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | at the boy | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at boy=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} nah, from being chained up and yelling ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t10:o2:1 # text = nah, from being chained up and yelling 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 from from SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 chained chain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 yelling yell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chain up** | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} yeah, cuz he barked all night long ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t10:o3:1 # text = yeah, cuz he barked all night long 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 barked bark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | past | cuz | | | | night | long *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, from barking at the boys ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t10:o4:1 # text = yeah, from barking at the boys 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 from from SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 barking bark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | gerund | | | | | | at the boys | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at boy=Stimulus | **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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