--- title: did the Raven cry when they parted, fam? — Andersen's Snow Queen, The Snow Queen,… · tree and pragmatics description: did the Raven cry when they parted, fam? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 291 «Andersen's Snow Queen, The Snow Queen, part 18: Gerda finds a Prince, then robbers seize her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/291-pg1597-part18/t9/) [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 Snow Queen, The Snow Queen,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/291-pg1597-part18/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Snow Queen, The Snow Queen, part 18: Gerda find… did the Raven cry when they parted, fam? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Raven, they · **What happens:** cry, part · **To what, where:** fam This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 291 «Andersen's Snow Queen, The Snow Queen, part 18: Gerda finds a Prince, then robbers seize her» 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/291-pg1597-part18/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:291-pg1597-part18:t9:1 # text = did the Raven cry when they parted, fam? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 parted part VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · do-support | the Raven | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **part** | past | they | fam | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fam=Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} yeah, he wept too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:291-pg1597-part18:t9:o1:1 # text = yeah, he wept too 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 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | he | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:291-pg1597-part18:t9:o2:1 # text = nah 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} yeah, he sang ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:291-pg1597-part18:t9:o3:1 # text = yeah, he sang 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 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | he | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} no, he just flew off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:291-pg1597-part18:t9:o4:1 # text = no, he just flew off 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 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 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly off** | past | he | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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