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title: What was the red stone thing supposed to be, like? — Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the red stone thing supposed to be, like? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 754 «Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lovers, Roland forgets, and Snowdrop is sent into the wood» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 7 · ★ · Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lo…

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What was the red stone thing supposed to be, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, suppose · **To what, where:** red stone thing

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 754 «Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lovers, Roland forgets, and Snowdrop is sent into the wood» 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/754-pg2591-part30/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t7:1
# text = What was the red stone thing supposed to be, like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the red stone thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suppose** | participle |  | the red stone thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **be** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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A stone for the grave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t7:o1:1
# text = A stone for the grave
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A landmark, waiting for Roland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t7:o2:1
# text = A landmark, waiting for Roland
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landmark	landmark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund | a landmark *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for Roland | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A landmark that stood on the hill, waiting for Roland to come back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t7:o3:1
# text = A landmark that stood on the hill, waiting for Roland to come back
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landmark	landmark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | a landmark |  |  | the hill |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hill=Location |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund | a landmark *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for Roland | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **come back** | to-infinitive | a landmark *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A red stone girl who was meant to be a guide for travellers on the road.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t7:o4:1
# text = A red stone girl who was meant to be a guide for travellers on the road.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | past · passive |  | a red stone girl |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | a guide |  | the road |  | for travellers | tree rules |

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