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title: so kay just strolled in like he owned the place? — Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: so kay just strolled in like he owned the place? Test 5 · ★ 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 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells G…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so kay just strolled in like he owned the place?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** stroll in, own · **To what, where:** kay, place

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t5:1
# text = so kay just strolled in like he owned the place?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	kay	kay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	strolled	stroll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	owned	own	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stroll in** | participle · passive |  | kay |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |
| 2 | **own** | past | he | the place |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot place=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he nodded to the servants and wasn't nervous, just cool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t5:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he nodded to the servants and wasn't nervous, just cool
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	nodded	nod	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	nervous	nervous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nod** | past | he |  | the servants |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to servant=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | nervous *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he gave the lackeys a nod, and he weren't scared one bit

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t5:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he gave the lackeys a nod, and he weren't scared one bit
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	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lackeys	lackey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nod	nod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | he | the lackeys |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent lackey=Recipient nod=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | one bit *obl:unmarked*; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he waved at the footmen and strolled right past them, dead chill

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t5:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he waved at the footmen and strolled right past them, dead chill
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	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	footmen	footman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	strolled	stroll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	past	past	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | he | dead chill |  | the footmen |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at footman=Location |
| 2 | **stroll** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | past footmen *= footman* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past they=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he just walked in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t5:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he just walked in
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk in** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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