--- title: What was the fate of the child Snowflake upon the occasion of the Mi… — Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl c… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the fate of the child Snowflake upon the occasion of the Midsummer fire? Exam question 2 of lesson 1637 «Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then melts at Midsummer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1637-pg5615-part26/e2/) [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/) / [Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl c…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1637-pg5615-part26/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then mel… What was the fate of the child Snowflake upon the occasion of the Midsummer fire? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, occasion · **To what, where:** fate, Midsummer fire This is exam question 2 of lesson 1637 «Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then melts at Midsummer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1637-pg5615-part26/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:e2:1 # text = What was the fate of the child Snowflake upon the occasion of the Midsummer fire? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 Snowflake Snowflake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Midsummer Midsummer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the fate | | | | of the child upon the occasion of the Midsummer fire | tree rules | | 2 | **occasion** | | | the Midsummer fire | | | | | nom occasion «event transitive»: of=patient | 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} She melted away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:e2:o1:1 # text = She melted away 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 melted melt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt away** | past | She | | | | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She dissolved into a faint vapour that rose into the air ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:e2:o2:1 # text = She dissolved into a faint vapour that rose into the air 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dissolved dissolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 vapour vapour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dissolve** | participle | She | | | | | into a faint vapour *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into vapour=Result | | 2 | **rise** | past | a faint vapour | | | the air | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into air=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} She fell asleep on the grass near the flames quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:e2:o3:1 # text = She fell asleep on the grass near the flames quietly 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 near near ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 10 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | She | | | the grass | | near the flames; asleep, quietly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on grass=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} She went back into the snow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:e2:o4:1 # text = She went back into the snow 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past | She | | | the snow | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | **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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