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title: Yo, did Kay really ride that white sledge for free, or what? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, did Kay really ride that white sledge for free, or what? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 288 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda drifts away by river» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is ca…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, did Kay really ride that white sledge for free, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, ride · **To what, where:** Kay, white sledge

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 288 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda drifts away by river» 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/288-pg1597-part15/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t1:1
# text = Yo, did Kay really ride that white sledge for free, or what?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Kay	Kay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sledge	sledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Kay |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kay=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ride** | present |  | white sledge |  |  |  | for free | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sledge=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the snow lady was driving, and he got totally snowed in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t1:o1:1
# text = Nah, the snow lady was driving, and he got totally snowed in
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	snowed	snow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past · progressive | the snow lady |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **snow in** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | totally *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the lady was driving him all the way out past the gates, bruv, he never even asked to stop

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t1:o2:1
# text = Nah, the lady was driving him all the way out past the gates, bruv, he never even asked to stop
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	past	past	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
19	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
20	even	even	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past · progressive | the lady | him *= he* |  |  |  | all way past the gates and bruv *obl:unmarked* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | participle | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the snow lady was driving, and he was totally snowed in and never got out again

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, the snow lady was driving, and he was totally snowed in and never got out again
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	snowed	snow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
18	out	out	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	again	again	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past · progressive | the snow lady |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **snow in** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | totally *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **get out** | past |  |  |  |  | again | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a lady drove, and he got properly stuck in snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, a lady drove, and he got properly stuck in snow
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past | a lady |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | past | he |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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