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title: Dude, what did the old councillor reckon about the Leap-frog? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, what did the old councillor reckon about the Leap-frog? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 294 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and Gerda come home, then a jumping contest begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and Gerda come…

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Dude, what did the old councillor reckon about the Leap-frog?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** reckon

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 294 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and Gerda come home, then a jumping contest begins» 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/294-pg1597-part21/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:294-pg1597-part21:t8:1
# text = Dude, what did the old councillor reckon about the Leap-frog?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	councillor	councillor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	Leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | Dude |  |  |  |  | about the Leap frog | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |

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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 -->
He was a prophet who could foresee the winter, the snow, and the coming of the Snow Queen

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:294-pg1597-part21:t8:o1:1
# text = He was a prophet who could foresee the winter, the snow, and the coming of the Snow Queen
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	foresee	foresee	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Snow	Snow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a prophet and the snow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **foresee** | could | a prophet and the snow |  |  |  | winter |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **come** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the Snow Queen | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of queen=Initial\_Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was a prophet who knew the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:294-pg1597-part21:t8:o2:1
# text = He was a prophet who knew the winter
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a prophet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past | a prophet |  |  |  | winter |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was a wise man of the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:294-pg1597-part21:t8:o3:1
# text = He was a wise man of the court
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a wise man |  |  |  | of the court | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was a prophet who knew the winter was coming and would last a long time

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:294-pg1597-part21:t8:o4:1
# text = He was a prophet who knew the winter was coming and would last a long time
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a prophet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past | a prophet |  |  |  | winter |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **come** | past · progressive | a prophet |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **last** | would | a prophet *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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