--- title: What was the nature of the youth's reaction upon overhearing the fro… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the nature of the youth's reaction upon overhearing the frogs? Exam question 3 of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/767-pg2591-part43/e3/) [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's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/767-pg2591-part43/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Wha… What was the nature of the youth's reaction upon overhearing the frogs? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nature, reaction, youth · **What happens:** be, overhear, react · **To what, where:** frogs This is exam question 3 of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/767-pg2591-part43/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e3:1 # text = What was the nature of the youth's reaction upon overhearing the frogs? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 reaction reaction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 overhearing overhear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the nature of the youth's reaction | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **overhear** | gerund | the youth's reaction *not said here* | the frogs | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer frog=Stimulus | | 3 | **react** | | the youth | | | | | | nom reaction «process intransitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He became thoughtful and sorrowful ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e3:o1:1 # text = He became thoughtful and sorrowful 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 thoughtful thoughtful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | He | | | | | thoughtful *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He was amused at first, then grew pensive and moved to tears ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e3:o2:1 # text = He was amused at first, then grew pensive and moved to tears 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 amused amuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 pensive pensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **amuse** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **grow** | past | | | | | then | pensive *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **move** | participle | | | | tears | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to tear=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} He became thoughtful, sorrowful, and deeply troubled by what he had heard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e3:o3:1 # text = He became thoughtful, sorrowful, and deeply troubled by what he had heard 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 thoughtful thoughtful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 troubled trouble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | He | | | | | thoughtful *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **trouble** | participle | He *not said here* | | | | | deeply *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **hear** | past · perfect | he | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} He grew bold and very cheerful ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e3:o4:1 # text = He grew bold and very cheerful 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | He | | | | | bold *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «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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