--- title: Did the old grandmother look chill, sitting in the court? — Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16:… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the old grandmother look chill, sitting in the court? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 289 «Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old woman's garden asks the flowers about Kay» 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/289-pg1597-part16/t12/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/289-pg1597-part16/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old wom… Did the old grandmother look chill, sitting in the court? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old grandmother · **What happens:** look, sit · **To what, where:** court This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 289 «Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old woman's garden asks the flowers about 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/289-pg1597-part16/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:t12:1 # text = Did the old grandmother look chill, sitting in the court? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 chill chill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past · do-support | the old grandmother | | | | | chill *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **sit** | gerund | the old grandmother *not said here* | | | the court | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in court=Location | 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} No, she was standing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:t12:o1:1 # text = No, she was standing 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past · progressive | she | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nope, she looked cold and sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:t12:o2:1 # text = Nope, she looked cold and sad 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | she | | | | | cold *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, she sat in the spring sun on a little bench, knitting slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:t12:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she sat in the spring sun on a little bench, knitting slowly 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 knitting knit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 15 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | she | | | the spring sun | | on a little bench | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location | | 2 | **knit** | gerund | she *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, she sat in the spring sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:t12:o4:1 # text = Yeah, she sat in the spring sun 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | she | | | the spring sun | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location | **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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