--- title: wait, what did the snow lady do? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what did the snow lady do? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 287 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the mirror shatters and a splinter sticks in Kay» 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 was rig --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/287-pg1597-part14/t9/) [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 Snow Queen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/287-pg1597-part14/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the mirror… wait, what did the snow lady do? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, snow lady · **What happens:** wait, do This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 287 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the mirror shatters and a splinter sticks in Kay» 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/287-pg1597-part14/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:t9:1 # text = wait, what did the snow lady do? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past · do-support | the snow lady | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} Waved with her arm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:t9:o1:1 # text = Waved with her arm 1 Waved wave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | participle | | | | | | with her arm | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Smiled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:t9:o2:1 # text = Smiled 1 Smiled smile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smile** | participle | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Beckoned with her hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:t9:o3:1 # text = Beckoned with her hand 1 Beckoned beckon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beckon** | participle | | | | | | with her hand | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pointed at the boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:t9:o4:1 # text = Pointed at the boy 1 Pointed point VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | participle | | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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