--- title: What were the sparrows on about? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: What were the sparrows on about? Test 8 · ★ 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 of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/288-pg1597-part15/t8/) [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/288-pg1597-part15/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Kay is ca… What were the sparrows on about? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** sparrows This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t8:1 # text = What were the sparrows on about? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sparrows sparrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the sparrows | | | | | tree rules | 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} Here we are, here we are! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t8:o1:1 # text = Here we are, here we are! 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ 6 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | we | | | here | | here *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hello, we are sparrows, chirp! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t8:o2:1 # text = Hello, we are sparrows, chirp! 1 Hello hello INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 sparrows sparrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 chirp chirp NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | we | sparrows and chirp | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Come and see, come and see! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t8:o3:1 # text = Come and see, come and see! 1 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Here we are ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:288-pg1597-part15:t8:o4:1 # text = Here we are 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | we | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | **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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