--- title: what was Potentilla doing when he first saw her? — Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the… · tree and pragmatics description: what was Potentilla doing when he first saw her? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1879 «Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 1: Narcissus finds the hidden princess and falls in love» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1879-pg7277-part16/t9/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1879-pg7277-part16/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla,… what was Potentilla doing when he first saw her? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Potentilla · **What happens:** do, see · **To what, where:** her This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1879 «Fairy Tales, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 1: Narcissus finds the hidden princess and falls in love» 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/1879-pg7277-part16/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:t9:1 # text = what was Potentilla doing when he first saw her? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Potentilla Potentilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | Potentilla | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **see** | past | Potentilla | her *= she* | | | | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | 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} sitting by the river washing her hair, all chill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:t9:o1:1 # text = sitting by the river washing her hair, all chill 1 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 washing wash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 chill chill NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | | all chill | | | | by the river | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by river=Location | | 2 | **wash** | gerund | | her hair | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} weaving forget-me-nots, all chill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:t9:o2:1 # text = weaving forget-me-nots, all chill 1 weaving weave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 2 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 nots not NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 chill chill NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weave** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **forget** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} weaving a garland of forget-me-nots by the brook, all chill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:t9:o3:1 # text = weaving a garland of forget-me-nots by the brook, all chill 1 weaving weave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 garland garland NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 nots not NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 chill chill NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weave** | gerund | | a garland | | | | by the brook and all chill | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garland=Product | | 2 | **forget** | infinitive | a garland *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} gathering flowers, all chill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1879-pg7277-part16:t9:o4:1 # text = gathering flowers, all chill 1 gathering gather VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 chill chill NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | gerund | | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=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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