--- title: lol, what did the old snails reckon the manor-house was for? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast… · tree and pragmatics description: lol, what did the old snails reckon the manor-house was for? Test 8 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/300-pg1597-part27/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier: the sol… lol, what did the old snails reckon the manor-house was for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old snails · **What happens:** do, reckon This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:t8:1 # text = lol, what did the old snails reckon the manor-house was for? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 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 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 snails snail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 manor manor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? 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 | **reckon** | present | the old snails | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how 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} for cooking fine white snails ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:t8:o1:1 # text = for cooking fine white snails 1 for for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 snails snail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} being boiled and laid on silver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:t8:o2:1 # text = being boiled and laid on silver 1 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V» | | 2 | **lay** | participle | | | | silver | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on silver=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} being boiled, stewed and served on gold dishes at feasts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:t8:o3:1 # text = being boiled, stewed and served on gold dishes at feasts 1 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 stewed stew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 feasts feast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V» | | 2 | **stew** | participle | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **serve** | participle | | | | gold dishes at feasts | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} being boiled and laid on silver with herbs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:t8:o4:1 # text = being boiled and laid on silver with herbs 1 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V» | | 2 | **lay** | participle | | | | silver | | with herbs | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on silver=Destination | **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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