--- title: Why did the lads all go mute in the palace, though? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the lads all go mute in the palace, though? Test 5 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1626-pg5615-part15/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda lea… Why did the lads all go mute in the palace, though? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, go · **To what, where:** lads This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t5:1 # text = Why did the lads all go mute in the palace, though? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 mute mute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 though though SCONJ IN _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the lads | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | present | | | | | | mute *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They were all struck dumb by the sight of the princess and her shining throne in the hall above ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t5:o1:1 # text = They were all struck dumb by the sight of the princess and her shining throne in the hall above 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 amod _ _ 15 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 19 above above ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past · passive | the sight of the princess and her shining throne | They | | the hall | | all, dumb *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sight** | | | the princess and her shining throne | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The guards were too strict ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t5:o2:1 # text = The guards were too strict 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 strict strict ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the guards | | | | | strict *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were too proud to speak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t5:o3:1 # text = They were too proud to speak 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Their wits left them inside ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t5:o4:1 # text = Their wits left them inside 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 wits wit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 inside inside ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | Their wits | them *= they* | | | | inside *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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