--- title: sus, did old granny just sit there doing nothing? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree… · tree and pragmatics description: sus, did old granny just sit there doing nothing? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 295 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bush grows from a teapot and shows an old couple's golden day» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/295-pg1597-part22/t10/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/295-pg1597-part22/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bu… sus, did old granny just sit there doing nothing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sus · **What happens:** sit, do · **To what, where:** nothing This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 295 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bush grows from a teapot and shows an old couple's golden day» 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/295-pg1597-part22/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:t10:1 # text = sus, did old granny just sit there doing nothing? 1 sus sus NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 granny granny NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 9 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · do-support | sus | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | gerund | sus *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | 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} she sang a little song quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:t10:o1:1 # text = she sang a little song quietly 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | she | a little song | | | | quietly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} she stood up and told the whole room to be quiet and sit down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:t10:o2:1 # text = she stood up and told the whole room to be quiet and sit down 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 14 down down ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand up** | past | she | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she *not said here* | the whole room | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent room=Recipient | | 3 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the whole room *not said here* | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **sit down** | infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} she clapped and smiled softly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:t10:o3:1 # text = she clapped and smiled softly 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 softly softly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clap** | past | she | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **smile** | past | she *not said here* | | | | | softly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} she shouted hurrah with the rest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:t10:o4:1 # text = she shouted hurrah with the rest 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hurrah hurrah NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | she | hurrah | | | | with the rest | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hurrah=Topic | **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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