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title: yo, why did the robbers come running out screaming for gold? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, why did the robbers come running out screaming for gold? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1627 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda leaves the robbers and rides a reindeer north» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda lea…

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yo, why did the robbers come running out screaming for gold?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robbers · **What happens:** come, run out, scream

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1627 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda leaves the robbers and rides a reindeer north» 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/1627-pg5615-part16/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t3:1
# text = yo, why did the robbers come running out screaming for gold?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past · do-support | the robbers |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run out** | gerund | the robbers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | the robbers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for gold | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for gold=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

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Cos they saw the golden coach glowing bright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t3:o1:1
# text = Cos they saw the golden coach glowing bright
1	Cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Cos | the golden coach |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coach=Stimulus |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund | the golden coach *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos they wanted gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t3:o2:1
# text = Cos they wanted gold
1	Cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Cos | gold |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cos it was gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t3:o3:1
# text = Cos it was gold
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | cos gold | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos they saw the coach shining like a torch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t3:o4:1
# text = Cos they saw the coach shining like a torch
1	Cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Cos | the coach |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coach=Stimulus |
| 2 | **shine** | gerund | the coach *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a torch | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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