--- title: what's the gist then, one line? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man,… · tree and pragmatics description: what's the gist then, one line? Test 12 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1620-pg5615-part9/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs f… what's the gist then, one line? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** gist This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t12:1 # text = what's the gist then, one line? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gist gist NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the gist and one line | | | then | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} a snowman melts for love of a stove, and no one notices ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t12:o1:1 # text = a snowman melts for love of a stove, and no one notices 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snowman snowman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 notices notice VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | present | a snowman | | | | | for love of a stove | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **notice** | present | no one | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **love** | | | a stove | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} a snowman falls for a stove and then melts away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t12:o2:1 # text = a snowman falls for a stove and then melts away 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snowman snowman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | a snowman | | | | | for a stove | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for stove=Theme | | 2 | **melt away** | present | a snowman *not said here* | | | | then | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} he melts cuz it's warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t12:o3:1 # text = he melts cuz it's warm 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 cuz cuz SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | present | he | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} a dog warns a snowman and the spring comes round ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t12:o4:1 # text = a dog warns a snowman and the spring comes round 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 warns warn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 snowman snowman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 round round ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | a dog | a snowman | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent snowman=Recipient | | 2 | **come round** | present | the spring | | | | | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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