--- title: what did he want the spectacles for, lol? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of F… · tree and pragmatics description: what did he want the spectacles for, lol? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 280 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 7: a young man wears the Shoes and gets stuck in the railings» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/280-pg1597-part7/t13/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/280-pg1597-part7/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 7: a yo… what did he want the spectacles for, lol? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** want · **To what, where:** spectacles This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 280 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 7: a young man wears the Shoes and gets stuck in the railings» 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/280-pg1597-part7/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:280-pg1597-part7:t13:1 # text = what did he want the spectacles for, lol? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spectacles spectacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past · do-support | he | the spectacles | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme spectacle=Attribute | 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} reading people's minds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:280-pg1597-part7:t13:o1:1 # text = reading people's minds 1 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | gerund | | people's minds | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Topic | | 2 | **mind** | | people | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} peeking in people's hearts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:280-pg1597-part7:t13:o2:1 # text = peeking in people's hearts 1 peeking peek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peek** | gerund | | | | | | in people's hearts | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in heart=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} looking at everyone's secret hearts and thoughts, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:280-pg1597-part7:t13:o3:1 # text = looking at everyone's secret hearts and thoughts, lol 1 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 lol lol INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | at everyone's secret hearts and thoughts | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at heart=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} checking people's pockets ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:280-pg1597-part7:t13:o4:1 # text = checking people's pockets 1 checking check VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 pockets pocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | gerund | | people's pockets | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pocket=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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