--- title: Dad was like, "Heaven help our child", why though? — Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Sna… · tree and pragmatics description: Dad was like, "Heaven help our child", why though? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1904 «Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake asks to marry the Princess» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1904-pg7277-part41/t14/) [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/) / [Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Sna…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1904-pg7277-part41/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake… Dad was like, "Heaven help our child", why though? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, Heaven · **What happens:** be, help · **To what, where:** child This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1904 «Italian Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Snake, part 1: a snake asks to marry the Princess» 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/1904-pg7277-part41/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t14:1 # text = Dad was like, "Heaven help our child", why though? 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 parataxis _ _ 13 though though ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Dad | | | | | like *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **help** *in a quote* | present | Heaven | our child | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary clause=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} he wished the snake would leave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t14:o1:1 # text = he wished the snake would leave 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | he | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | would | the snake | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} he thought she would be fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t14:o2:1 # text = he thought she would be fine 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | would | she | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he feared it was all over for her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t14:o3:1 # text = he feared it was all over for her 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 over over ADV RB _ 2 ccomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | he | | | | | for her *= she* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for she=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | all, over *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} he feared it was all over for her and that she would die tonight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1904-pg7277-part41:t14:o4:1 # text = he feared it was all over for her and that she would die tonight 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 over over ADV RB _ 2 ccomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 14 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | he | | | | | for her *= she* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for she=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | all, over *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **die** | would | she | | | | tonight | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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