--- title: wait, did the flea actually win the princess? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, did the flea actually win the princess? Test 9 · ★ 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 and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/295-pg1597-part22/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 Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/295-pg1597-part22/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: an elder bu… wait, did the flea actually win the princess? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, do, win · **To what, where:** flea, princess This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:t9:1 # text = wait, did the flea actually win the princess? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 flea flea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 actually actually ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **do** | past | you *not said here* | the flea | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flea=Eventuality | | 3 | **win** | present | you *not said here* | the princess | | | | actually *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=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 {#o1} nah, he went home and rested ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:t9:o1:1 # text = nah, he went home and rested 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 rested rest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **rest** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} yes, he married her in the end ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:t9:o2:1 # text = yes, he married her in the end 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | past | he | her *= she* | | | in the end | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, he went off to foreign lands to serve and was shot in battle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:t9:o3:1 # text = nah, he went off to foreign lands to serve and was shot in battle 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | past | he | | | | | to foreign lands | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **serve** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **shoot** | past · passive | he *not said here* | | | battle | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: in battle=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} nah, he went abroad and got killed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:295-pg1597-part22:t9:o4:1 # text = nah, he went abroad and got killed 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | | | | | abroad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **kill** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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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