--- title: what did the old clergyman say the lightning was? — Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26:… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the old clergyman say the lightning was? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 815 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by lightning, and the Dryad hears of the Paris Exhibition and its doom» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/815-pg27200-part26/t7/) [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 Dryad, part 26:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/815-pg27200-part26/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by… what did the old clergyman say the lightning was? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old clergyman · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** lightning · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 815 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 26: the oak is struck by lightning, and the Dryad hears of the Paris Exhibition and its doom» 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/815-pg27200-part26/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t7:1 # text = what did the old clergyman say the lightning was? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 clergyman clergyman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the old clergyman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the lightning | | | | | tree rules | 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} bolts from the clouds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t7:o1:1 # text = bolts from the clouds 1 bolts bolt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} servants of the Lord God who strike down the wicked and the old trees alike ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t7:o2:1 # text = servants of the Lord God who strike down the wicked and the old trees alike 1 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 strike strike VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 15 alike alike ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike down** | present | servants of the Lord God | the wicked | | | | alike *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} servants of the Lord God ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t7:o3:1 # text = servants of the Lord God 1 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} servants of the Lord God, sent down from heaven to punish the proud people of the earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:815-pg27200-part26:t7:o4:1 # text = servants of the Lord God, sent down from heaven to punish the proud people of the earth 1 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 down down ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send down** | past | servants of the Lord God | | | heaven | | down *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from heaven=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **punish** | to-infinitive | servants of the Lord God *not said here* | the proud people of the earth | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | **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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