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title: Wait, how many times did she read that fish note? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, how many times did she read that fish note? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 293 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda gets help in Finland, then walks on alone among living snowflakes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda get…

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Wait, how many times did she read that fish note?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, she · **What happens:** wait, read · **To what, where:** fish note

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 293 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda gets help in Finland, then walks on alone among living snowflakes» 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/293-pg1597-part20/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t4:1
# text = Wait, how many times did she read that fish note?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **read** | past · do-support | she | fish note |  |  | time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three times, then she knew it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t4:o1:1
# text = Three times, then she knew it
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | she | it |  |  | then; time |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She read it over three times, and each time the message grew clearer in her mind

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t4:o2:1
# text = She read it over three times, and each time the message grew clearer in her mind
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	clearer	clear	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	xcomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read over** | past | She | it |  |  | time |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **grow** | past | the message |  |  | message's mind | time | clear *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mind=Location |
| 3 | **mind** |  | message |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Four times, then she knew it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t4:o3:1
# text = Four times, then she knew it
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | she | it |  |  | then; time |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three times over, very slowly, until every word of the fish note was known to her

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t4:o4:1
# text = Three times over, very slowly, until every word of the fish note was known to her
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	over	over	ADV	RB	_	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
8	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past · passive |  | every word of the fish note | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **word** |  |  | the fish note |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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