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title: Did the ravens actually talk to her or was she going loopy? — Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the ravens actually talk to her or was she going loopy? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 794 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees a ghostly child and digs a grave by the sea before dawn» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees…

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Did the ravens actually talk to her or was she going loopy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ravens, she · **What happens:** do, talk, go · **To what, where:** her

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 794 «Andersen's Tales, Anne Lisbeth, part 5: Anne Lisbeth sees a ghostly child and digs a grave by the sea before dawn» 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/794-pg27200-part5/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t7:1
# text = Did the ravens actually talk to her or was she going loopy?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ravens	raven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
12	loopy	loopy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **talk** | present | the ravens |  | her *= she* |  |  | actually *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **go** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | loopy *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She imagined it, the ravens seemed to croak her into a crazy state

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t7:o1:1
# text = She imagined it, the ravens seemed to croak her into a crazy state
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	imagined	imagine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ravens	raven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	croak	croak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imagine** | past | She | it |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
| 2 | **seem** | past | the ravens |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **croak** | to-infinitive | the ravens *not said here* | her *= she* |  | a crazy state |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Topic into state=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, they spoke to her in a sinister tone over the grave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t7:o2:1
# text = Yes, they spoke to her in a sinister tone over the grave
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sinister	sinister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	tone	tone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | they |  | her *= she* | a sinister tone |  | over the grave | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they talked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, they talked
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They talked, but she was really just dreaming all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:794-pg27200-part5:t7:o4:1
# text = They talked, but she was really just dreaming all night
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	dreaming	dream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dream** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  | night |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |

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