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title: so basically the angel's kissing flowers and they sing in heaven — Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Win… · tree and pragmatics
description: so basically the angel's kissing flowers and they sing in heaven Test 11 · ★ of lesson 791 «Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pastor's dream of sinners, then an old maid watches children play while an angel carries a dead child to heaven» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pasto…

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so basically the angel's kissing flowers and they sing in heaven

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** flowers · **What happens:** kiss, sing · **To what, where:** flowers, heaven

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 791 «Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pastor's dream of sinners, then an old maid watches children play while an angel carries a dead child to heaven» 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/791-pg27200-part2/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t11:1
# text = so basically the angel's kissing flowers and they sing in heaven
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	angel	angel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	kissing	kiss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | gerund |  | flowers |  |  |  | basically *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | flowers *= flower* |  |  | heaven |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heaven=Location |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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yeah, God kisses the flower so it talks, cool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t11:o1:1
# text = yeah, God kisses the flower so it talks, cool
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kisses	kiss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | present | God | the flower |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **talk** | present | flower |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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ya, the flowers sing in heaven, sick right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t11:o2:1
# text = ya, the flowers sing in heaven, sick right
1	ya	ya	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the flowers |  |  | heaven and sick right |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heaven=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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ya, they sing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t11:o3:1
# text = ya, they sing
1	ya	ya	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ya, the flower God likes best gets a voice, sick right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t11:o4:1
# text = ya, the flower God likes best gets a voice, sick right
1	ya	ya	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
6	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | the flower |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **get** | present | the flower *not said here* | a voice and sick right |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus |

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