--- title: wait, who told the story to the narrator? — Andersen's Tales, The Buckwheat: a pro… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, who told the story to the narrator? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 807 «Andersen's Tales, The Buckwheat: a proud buckwheat defies the storm and is burnt black» 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 righ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/807-pg27200-part18/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Buckwheat: a pro…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/807-pg27200-part18/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Buckwheat: a proud buckwheat defies… wait, who told the story to the narrator? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, tell · **To what, where:** story, narrator · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 807 «Andersen's Tales, The Buckwheat: a proud buckwheat defies the storm and is burnt black» 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/807-pg27200-part18/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:807-pg27200-part18:t8:1 # text = wait, who told the story to the narrator? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | the story | the narrator | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Topic to narrator=Recipient | 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} The old sparrows who sat on the church roof every morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:807-pg27200-part18:t8:o1:1 # text = The old sparrows who sat on the church roof every morning 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sparrows sparrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the old sparrows | | | the church roof | morning | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The sparrows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:807-pg27200-part18:t8:o2:1 # text = The sparrows 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sparrows sparrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The blackbirds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:807-pg27200-part18:t8:o3:1 # text = The blackbirds 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 blackbirds blackbird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} An owl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:807-pg27200-part18:t8:o4:1 # text = An owl 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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