--- title: Why'd the shepherd keep the flower, honestly? — Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Why'd the shepherd keep the flower, honestly? Test 8 · ★ 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 of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/754-pg2591-part30/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/) / [Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/754-pg2591-part30/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lo… Why'd the shepherd keep the flower, honestly? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** shepherd · **What happens:** keep · **To what, where:** flower This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t8:1 # text = Why'd the shepherd keep the flower, honestly? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | would | the shepherd | the flower | | | | honestly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | 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} Cos it smelled sweet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t8:o1:1 # text = Cos it smelled sweet 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 smelled smell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smell** | past | it | | | | | sweet *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cos it was gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t8:o2:1 # text = Cos it was gold 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | cos gold | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cos it was dead pretty and he wanted to keep it on his shelf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t8:o3:1 # text = Cos it was dead pretty and he wanted to keep it on his shelf 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 shelf shelf NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | dead, pretty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | it | | his shelf | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on shelf=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Cos it was dead pretty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t8:o4:1 # text = Cos it was dead pretty 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | dead, pretty *property* | tree rules | **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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