--- title: What is the cause of the drops of water falling upon the Swallow? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the cause of the drops of water falling upon the Swallow? Exam question 3 of lesson 2031 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1: the Swallow meets the weeping statue and agrees to help» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2031-pg902-part1/e3/) [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/) / [The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2031-pg902-part1/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1… What is the cause of the drops of water falling upon the Swallow? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cause, water · **What happens:** be, fall, cause · **To what, where:** Swallow, drops This is exam question 3 of lesson 2031 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1: the Swallow meets the weeping statue and agrees to help» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/2031-pg902-part1/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:e3:1 # text = What is the cause of the drops of water falling upon the Swallow? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 falling fall VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the cause of the drops of water | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | gerund | water *not said here* | | | the Swallow | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon swallow=Location | | 3 | **cause** | | | the drops of water | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient | 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} The tears that the statue of the Happy Prince was shedding for the poor people of the town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:e3:o1:1 # text = The tears that the statue of the Happy Prince was shedding for the poor people of the town 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 shedding shed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shed** | past · progressive | the tears | that | | | | for the poor people of the town | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location that=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} The splashes from the fountain below ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:e3:o2:1 # text = The splashes from the fountain below 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 splashes splash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 below below ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The tears of the statue of the Happy Prince ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:e3:o3:1 # text = The tears of the statue of the Happy Prince 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The tears of the golden statue of the Happy Prince weeping over the city ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:e3:o4:1 # text = The tears of the golden statue of the Happy Prince weeping over the city 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 Happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 weeping weeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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