--- title: Bruv, why was Gerda so nervy on the stairs? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, why was Gerda so nervy on the stairs? Test 14 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1626-pg5615-part15/t14/) [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/1626-pg5615-part15/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda lea… Bruv, why was Gerda so nervy on the stairs? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gerda · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** stairs This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t14:1 # text = Bruv, why was Gerda so nervy on the stairs? 1 Bruv Bruv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 nervy nervy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Gerda | | | the stairs | | Bruv *vocative*; nervy *property* | 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 {#o1} She heard a loud creak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t14:o1:1 # text = She heard a loud creak 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 creak creak NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | She | a loud creak | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer creak=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} The stairs were creaking loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t14:o2:1 # text = The stairs were creaking loudly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 creaking creak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creak** | past · progressive | the stairs | | | | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She felt like she was doing wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t14:o3:1 # text = She felt like she was doing wrong 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 like like SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 wrong wrong ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | She | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | past · progressive | she | | | | | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} She was scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t14:o4:1 # text = She was scared 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | **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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