--- title: Why did the old woman keep Gerda in her garden? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the old woman keep Gerda in her garden? Exam question 2 of lesson 1625 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 14: Kay is carried off by the Snow-queen, and Gerda finds the witch's garden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1625-pg5615-part14/e2/) [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 Queen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1625-pg5615-part14/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 14: Kay is ca… Why did the old woman keep Gerda in her garden? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old woman · **What happens:** keep · **To what, where:** Gerda, garden This is exam question 2 of lesson 1625 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 14: Kay is carried off by the Snow-queen, and Gerda finds the witch's garden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1625-pg5615-part14/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1625-pg5615-part14:e2:1 # text = Why did the old woman keep Gerda in her garden? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | the old woman | Gerda | | woman's garden | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent gerda=Theme in garden=Location | 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} She wished to keep Gerda with her so she could never leave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1625-pg5615-part14:e2:o1:1 # text = She wished to keep Gerda with her so she could never leave 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | She | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | Gerda | | | | with Gerda | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gerda=Theme | | 3 | **not** **leave** | could | Gerda | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She liked Gerda's singing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1625-pg5615-part14:e2:o2:1 # text = She liked Gerda's singing 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | past | She | Gerda's singing | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot singing=Theme | | 2 | **sing** | | Gerda | | | | | | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She missed her own daughter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1625-pg5615-part14:e2:o3:1 # text = She missed her own daughter 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **miss** | past | She | her own daughter | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She wished to keep Gerda with her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1625-pg5615-part14:e2:o4:1 # text = She wished to keep Gerda with her 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | She | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | Gerda | | | | with Gerda | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gerda=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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