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title: so the raven's had a mate on the inside, yeah? — Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the raven's had a mate on the inside, yeah? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 290 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells Gerda that Kay is living with a Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells G…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the raven's had a mate on the inside, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** mate, inside

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 290 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells Gerda that Kay is living with a Princess» 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/290-pg1597-part17/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t10:1
# text = so the raven's had a mate on the inside, yeah?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	inside	inside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | participle |  | a mate |  | the inside |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he's on his own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t10:o1:1
# text = Nah, he's on his own
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | own *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, his tame girl bird flits round the palace and spills all the gossip

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t10:o2:1
# text = Yeah, his tame girl bird flits round the palace and spills all the gossip
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	tame	tame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	flits	flit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	round	round	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	spills	spill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flit** | present | his tame girl bird |  |  | the palace |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round palace=Trajectory |
| 2 | **spill** | present | his tame girl bird *not said here* | all gossip |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gossip=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, his tame sweetheart hops about the palace and tells him everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t10:o3:1
# text = Yeah, his tame sweetheart hops about the palace and tells him everything
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	tame	tame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sweetheart	sweetheart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hops	hop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	iobj	_	_
13	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hop** | present | his tame sweetheart |  |  |  |  | about the palace | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about palace=Trajectory |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | his tame sweetheart *not said here* | everything | sweetheart |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient everything=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he has a friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t10:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he has a friend
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | he | a friend |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient |

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