--- title: What did the Miller grieve over after the funeral? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the Miller grieve over after the funeral? Exam question 4 of lesson 2038 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans drowns in the storm, and the Miller only frets about his wheelbarrow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2038-pg902-part8/e4/) [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/2038-pg902-part8/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans… What did the Miller grieve over after the funeral? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Miller · **What happens:** do, grieve over This is exam question 4 of lesson 2038 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans drowns in the storm, and the Miller only frets about his wheelbarrow» 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/2038-pg902-part8/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:e4:1 # text = What did the Miller grieve over after the funeral? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do 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 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 grieve grieve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 over over ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grieve over** | present | the Miller | | | | after the funeral | over *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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} the lantern and the black cloak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:e4:o1:1 # text = the lantern and the black cloak 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lantern lantern NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} his new spade ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:e4:o2:1 # text = his new spade 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 spade spade NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} his poor dead friend Hans at the grave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:e4:o3:1 # text = his poor dead friend Hans at the grave 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 Hans Han PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the wheelbarrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:e4:o4:1 # text = the wheelbarrow 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wheelbarrow wheelbarrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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