--- title: Wait, did the boys sail him in a newspaper boat? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, did the boys sail him in a newspaper boat? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1747 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, part 71: the soldier falls out of the window, sails in a paper boat, is swallowed by a fish, and melts in the stove» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1747-pg640-part71/t2/) [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 Steadfast…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1747-pg640-part71/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, part 71… Wait, did the boys sail him in a newspaper boat? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, boys · **What happens:** wait, sail · **To what, where:** him, newspaper boat This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1747 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, part 71: the soldier falls out of the window, sails in a paper boat, is swallowed by a fish, and melts in the stove» 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/1747-pg640-part71/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1747-pg640-part71:t2:1 # text = Wait, did the boys sail him in a newspaper boat? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sail sail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 newspaper newspaper NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sail** | past · do-support | the boys | him *= he* | | a newspaper boat | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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} Yeah, down the gutter and out into the canal, proper lush sailing trip, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1747-pg640-part71:t2:o1:1 # text = Yeah, down the gutter and out into the canal, proper lush sailing trip, bruv 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 down down ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gutter gutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 canal canal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 lush lush NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 14 sailing sail VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | gerund | proper lush *not said here* | trip | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme trip=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, floated him off in a tin tray ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1747-pg640-part71:t2:o2:1 # text = Yeah, floated him off in a tin tray 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 floated float VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 tray tray NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float off** | past | | him *= he* | | a tin tray | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme in tray=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, down the gutter, proper lush ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1747-pg640-part71:t2:o3:1 # text = Yeah, down the gutter, proper lush 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 down down ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gutter gutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 lush lush NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, they sailed him down the drain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1747-pg640-part71:t2:o4:1 # text = Yeah, they sailed him down the drain 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 drain drain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail down** | past | they | him *= he* | | | | the drain *obl* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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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