--- title: what did the snakes do when the queen walked by? — Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the snakes do when the queen walked by? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/647-pg23661-part15/t13/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/647-pg23661-part15/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, pa… what did the snakes do when the queen walked by? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, walk · **To what, where:** snakes This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» 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/647-pg23661-part15/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t13:1 # text = what did the snakes do when the queen walked by? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | present · passive · do-support | | the snakes | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 {#o1} they waved at her happily ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t13:o1:1 # text = they waved at her happily 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 waved wave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 happily happily ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | past | they | | | | | at her *= she*; happily *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at she=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} they all tried to curtsy while hanging from the arch by their tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t13:o2:1 # text = they all tried to curtsy while hanging from the arch by their tails 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 det _ _ 3 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 curtsy curtsy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 while while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 advcl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 arch arch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | they | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **curtsy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hang** | gerund | they *not said here* | | | the arch | | by their tails | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by tail=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} they stuck out tongues rudely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t13:o3:1 # text = they stuck out tongues rudely 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 rudely rudely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick out** | past | they | tongues | | | | rudely *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} tried to curtsy, hanging by their tails ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t13:o4:1 # text = tried to curtsy, hanging by their tails 1 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 curtsy curtsy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 tails tail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **curtsy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hang** | gerund | | | | | | by their tails | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by tail=Location | **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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