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title: ngl, what's the deal with the splinter in Kay's heart? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, what's the deal with the splinter in Kay's heart? Test 8 · ★ 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 op
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda lea…

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ngl, what's the deal with the splinter in Kay's heart?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** deal

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t8:1
# text = ngl, what's the deal with the splinter in Kay's heart?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	splinter	splinter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	Kay	Kay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | ngl | the deal |  |  |  | with the splinter in Kay's heart | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It keeps him stuck with the Snow-queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t8:o1:1
# text = It keeps him stuck with the Snow-queen
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | It | him *= he* |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It keeps him stuck with the Snow-queen and makes him see only ice

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t8:o2:1
# text = It keeps him stuck with the Snow-queen and makes him see only ice
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | It | him *= he* |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | ice |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ice=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It keeps him loyal to the Snow-queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t8:o3:1
# text = It keeps him loyal to the Snow-queen
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | It | him *= he* |  |  |  | loyal *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It makes him cold towards Gerda

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t8:o4:1
# text = It makes him cold towards Gerda
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | him *= he* |  |  |  | towards Gerda; cold *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product |

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