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title: How did the mum react when she saw him? — Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and Hi… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the mum react when she saw him? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 803 «Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, part 14: the widow's son returns, and Olaf Hase breaks into the church on Christmas night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, part 14:…

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How did the mum react when she saw him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** react, see · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 803 «Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, part 14: the widow's son returns, and Olaf Hase breaks into the church on Christmas night» 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/803-pg27200-part14/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t7:1
# text = How did the mum react when she saw him?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	react	react	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **react** | past · do-support | the mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | mum | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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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She laughed, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t7:o1:1
# text = She laughed, innit
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She fainted, cos she was shocked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t7:o2:1
# text = She fainted, cos she was shocked
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fainted	faint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	shocked	shocked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **faint** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | shocked *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She wept, cos she'd been ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t7:o3:1
# text = She wept, cos she'd been ill
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past · perfect | she |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |

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

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She bawled, cos she hadn't cried for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:803-pg27200-part14:t7:o4:1
# text = She bawled, cos she hadn't cried for years
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bawled	bawl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	cried	cry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bawl** *speech: other* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* | past · perfect | she |  |  |  | year |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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