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title: Blimey, how'd the crow get her in? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Blimey, how'd the crow get her in? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1626 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda learns Kay is at a princess's palace and sneaks in, only to find the wrong boy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda lea…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Blimey, how'd the crow get her in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Blimey · **What happens:** get in · **To what, where:** crow

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1626 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda learns Kay is at a princess's palace and sneaks in, only to find the wrong boy» 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/1626-pg5615-part15/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t11:1
# text = Blimey, how'd the crow get her in?
1	Blimey	blimey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get in** | infinitive | Blimey | crow |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Through a back-door and the back-stairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t11:o1:1
# text = Through a back-door and the back-stairs
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Through the servants' entrance route

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t11:o2:1
# text = Through the servants' entrance route
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	entrance	entrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Up the main staircase, through the grand hall, and past the sleeping footmen at the top

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t11:o3:1
# text = Up the main staircase, through the grand hall, and past the sleeping footmen at the top
1	Up	up	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	staircase	staircase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	past	past	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	footmen	footman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Through the great front doors and past all the sleeping guards in the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t11:o4:1
# text = Through the great front doors and past all the sleeping guards in the hall
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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