--- title: bro, what did the wood-pigeons reckon they saw? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: bro, what did the wood-pigeons reckon they saw? Test 6 · ★ 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 each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1627-pg5615-part16/t6/) [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/1627-pg5615-part16/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda lea… bro, what did the wood-pigeons reckon they saw? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wood pigeons, pigeons · **What happens:** do, reckon, see This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t6:1 # text = bro, what did the wood-pigeons reckon they saw? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 pigeons pigeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | bro *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reckon** | present | the wood pigeons | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | pigeons *= pigeon* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} Kay sitting in the Snow-queen's sleigh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t6:o1:1 # text = Kay sitting in the Snow-queen's sleigh 1 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 sleigh sleigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | Kay *not said here* | | | the Snow queen's sleigh | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sleigh=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Kay riding in the Snow-queen's carriage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t6:o2:1 # text = Kay riding in the Snow-queen's carriage 1 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Kay riding in the Snow-queen's carriage with a girl from the north ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t6:o3:1 # text = Kay riding in the Snow-queen's carriage with a girl from the north 1 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Kay riding in the Snow-queen's carriage and waving to the robber-girl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t6:o4:1 # text = Kay riding in the Snow-queen's carriage and waving to the robber-girl 1 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 waving wave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | gerund | | | the robber girl | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to girl=Recipient | **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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