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title: why does Sophy scold Alfred at the end? — Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8… · tree and pragmatics
description: why does Sophy scold Alfred at the end? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 797 «Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alfred weds Sophy» 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 wrong.
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# Test 13 · ★ · Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alf…

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why does Sophy scold Alfred at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sophy · **What happens:** scold · **To what, where:** Alfred, end

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 797 «Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alfred weds Sophy» 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/797-pg27200-part8/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:t13:1
# text = why does Sophy scold Alfred at the end?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Sophy	sophy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	scold	scold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Alfred	Alfred	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scold** | present · do-support | Sophy | Alfred |  |  | at the end |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alfred=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 {#o1}

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cos his speech was cold and not loving and he had also been rude to mamma all week

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:t13:o1:1
# text = cos his speech was cold and not loving and he had also been rude to mamma all week
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	loving	love	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	also	also	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
14	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	mamma	mamma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | his speech |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **love** | gerund |  |  |  |  | week |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  | to mamma; rude *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **speak** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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cos he spoke so coldly to her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:t13:o2:1
# text = cos he spoke so coldly to her
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	coldly	coldly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | cos |  | her *= she* |  |  | coldly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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cos he forgot her birthday again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:t13:o3:1
# text = cos he forgot her birthday again
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | cos | her birthday |  |  | again |  | tree rules |

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

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cos his speech was cold and not loving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:t13:o4:1
# text = cos his speech was cold and not loving
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	loving	loving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | his speech |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **be** |  | his speech *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **speak** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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