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title: so did the Miller actually feel sad when Hans died? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics
description: so did the Miller actually feel sad when Hans died? Test 3 · ★ 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 the
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# Test 3 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans…

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so did the Miller actually feel sad when Hans died?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hans · **What happens:** do, feel, die · **To what, where:** Miller

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This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t3:1
# text = so did the Miller actually feel sad when Hans died?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Miller	Miller	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Miller |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent miller=Eventuality |
| 2 | **feel** | present |  |  |  |  |  | actually, sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **die** | past | Hans |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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}

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yeah, he wept for Hans all night long at the grave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t3:o1:1
# text = yeah, he wept for Hans all night long at the grave
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Hans	han	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | he |  |  | the grave | night | for Hans; long *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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nah, he just moaned about his wheelbarrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t3:o2:1
# text = nah, he just moaned about his wheelbarrow
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	moaned	moan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	wheelbarrow	wheelbarrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **moan** | past | he |  |  |  |  | about his wheelbarrow | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about wheelbarrow=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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nah, he just sulked at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t3:o3:1
# text = nah, he just sulked at home
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sulked	sulk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sulk** | past | he |  |  | home |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he cried at the grave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t3:o4:1
# text = yeah, he cried at the grave
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | he |  |  | the grave |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at grave=Location |

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