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title: Wait, what's up with the cottage, is it posh? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what's up with the cottage, is it posh? Test 10 · ★ 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 question and o
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is ca…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, what's up with the cottage, is it posh?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, cottage · **What happens:** wait, be

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t10:1
# text = Wait, what's up with the cottage, is it posh?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	1	parataxis	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | up *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | cottage |  |  |  |  | with the cottage; posh *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Thatched roof, with mad red and blue windows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t10:o1:1
# text = Thatched roof, with mad red and blue windows
1	Thatched	thatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thatch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it's got a massive thatched roof and gardens full of roses and posh red and blue windows

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t10:o2:1
# text = Yeah, it's got a massive thatched roof and gardens full of roses and posh red and blue windows
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	thatched	thatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
16	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
17	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	_
20	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · passive | it | a massive thatched roof and gardens |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer roof=Stimulus |
| 2 | **thatch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Thatched roof, with mad red and blue windows and two wooden soldiers by the door

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t10:o3:1
# text = Thatched roof, with mad red and blue windows and two wooden soldiers by the door
1	Thatched	thatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
12	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thatch** | participle |  | roof |  |  |  | with mad red windows and two wooden soldiers; by the door | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent roof=Destination with window=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Old wooden walls, with normal grey windows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t10:o4:1
# text = Old wooden walls, with normal grey windows
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	grey	grey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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