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title: Did the chamberlains just hold the train, or what? — Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New C… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the chamberlains just hold the train, or what? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1683 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New Clothes: the Emperor parades in nothing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro
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# Test 10 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New Clothes: the Emperor…

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Did the chamberlains just hold the train, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chamberlains · **What happens:** hold · **To what, where:** train

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1683 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New Clothes: the Emperor parades in nothing» 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/1683-pg640-part7/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:t10:1
# text = Did the chamberlains just hold the train, or what?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chamberlains	chamberlain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past · do-support | the chamberlains | the train |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent train=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They held up nothing at all, playing the part of servants carrying a long, heavy train

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:t10:o1:1
# text = They held up nothing at all, playing the part of servants carrying a long, heavy train
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | past | They | nothing |  | all |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | They *not said here* | the part of servants |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** | gerund | They *not said here* | a long heavy train |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent train=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They gripped nothing, pretending hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:t10:o2:1
# text = They gripped nothing, pretending hard
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gripped	grip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grip** | past | They | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |
| 2 | **pretend** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They held up nothing, playing the part of servants carrying a long train of silk

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:t10:o3:1
# text = They held up nothing, playing the part of servants carrying a long train of silk
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | past | They | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | They *not said here* | the part of servants |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** | gerund | servants *not said here* | a long train of silk |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent train=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They held up nothing, playing the part

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:t10:o4:1
# text = They held up nothing, playing the part
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | past | They | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | They *not said here* | the part |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |

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