--- title: What was the snow doing to their ride, then? — Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans,… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the snow doing to their ride, then? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1799 «Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings the bells, outwits the headless dwarves, then rides off through snow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1799-pg641-part50/t11/) [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/) / [Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1799-pg641-part50/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings… What was the snow doing to their ride, then? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** snow, their · **What happens:** do, ride This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1799 «Grimm's Household Tales, Clever Hans, part 50: Hans rings the bells, outwits the headless dwarves, then rides off through snow» 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/1799-pg641-part50/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t11:1 # text = What was the snow doing to their ride, then? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | the snow | | | | then | to their ride | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **ride** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom ride «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} It had blown into massive heaps across the lane and buried the wheels up to the axle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t11:o1:1 # text = It had blown into massive heaps across the lane and buried the wheels up to the axle 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 massive massive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 across across ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lane lane NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 axle axle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | past · perfect · passive | | It | | massive heaps | | across the lane | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into heap=Product | | 2 | **bury up** | past | | the wheels | | | | to the axle | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheel=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It had frozen into sheets ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t11:o2:1 # text = It had frozen into sheets 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sheets sheet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | past · perfect · passive | | It | | sheets | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} It had melted into puddles ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t11:o3:1 # text = It had melted into puddles 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 puddles puddle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | past · perfect | It | | | puddles | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material into puddle=Product | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It had blown into massive heaps ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1799-pg641-part50:t11:o4:1 # text = It had blown into massive heaps 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 massive massive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | past · perfect · passive | | It | | massive heaps | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into heap=Product | **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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