--- title: ok but what did the hangings rhyme say, like proper? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast… · tree and pragmatics description: ok but what did the hangings rhyme say, like proper? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 300 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier: the soldier is found again in a garden, then The Happy Family begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/300-pg1597-part27/t4/) [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 Steadfast…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/300-pg1597-part27/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier: the sol… ok but what did the hangings rhyme say, like proper? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hangings · **What happens:** do, rhyme, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 300 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier: the soldier is found again in a garden, then The Happy Family 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/300-pg1597-part27/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:t4:1 # text = ok but what did the hangings rhyme say, like proper? 1 ok ok INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 but but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hangings hanging NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 rhyme rhyme VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **rhyme** | present | the hangings | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the hangings *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} Gold fades, leather stays. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:t4:o1:1 # text = Gold fades, leather stays. 1 Gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fades fade VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fade** | present | Gold | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **stay** | present | leather | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The gilding decays, But hog's leather stays! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:t4:o2:1 # text = The gilding decays, But hog's leather stays! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 gilding gilding NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 decays decay NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | hog's leather | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Its gilt is gone, yet hog's leather still stays ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:t4:o3:1 # text = Its gilt is gone, yet hog's leather still stays 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 gilt gilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Its gilt | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | present | hog's leather | | | | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The gold is gone, but leather still stays here ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:t4:o4:1 # text = The gold is gone, but leather still stays here 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 still still ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the gold | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | present | leather | | | here | still | | vn exist-47.1 «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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