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title: bruh why did the angel keep a dead flower?? — Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the an… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh why did the angel keep a dead flower?? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 792 «Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the neglected boy who goes to sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the…

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bruh why did the angel keep a dead flower??

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** angel · **What happens:** do, keep · **To what, where:** dead flower

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 792 «Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the neglected boy who goes to sea» 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/792-pg27200-part3/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:t2:1
# text = bruh why did the angel keep a dead flower??
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	angel	angel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | the angel | a dead flower |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=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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it brought more joy than gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:t2:o1:1
# text = it brought more joy than gold
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | it | more joy |  |  |  | than gold | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent joy=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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it made a child very happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:t2:o2:1
# text = it made a child very happy
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | it | a child |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material child=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because it had grown from a seed given by God himself in heaven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:t2:o3:1
# text = because it had grown from a seed given by God himself in heaven
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	10	nmod:unmarked	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past · perfect | it |  |  |  |  | from a seed | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from seed=Patient |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | a seed *not said here* |  | heaven |  | by God  God | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it gave more real joy than a queen's garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:t2:o4:1
# text = it gave more real joy than a queen's garden
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | it | more real joy |  |  |  | than a queen's garden | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Theme |

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