--- title: how come the fountain talk was so serious? — Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28:… · tree and pragmatics description: how come the fountain talk was so serious? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 817 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad follows strangers down into the Paris sewers» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/817-pg27200-part28/t11/) [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 28:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/817-pg27200-part28/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad follows st… how come the fountain talk was so serious? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, fountain talk · **What happens:** come, be This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 817 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad follows strangers down into the Paris sewers» 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/817-pg27200-part28/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:t11:1 # text = how come the fountain talk was so serious? 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the fountain talk | | | | | serious *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} they spoke about innocent blood spilt there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:t11:o1:1 # text = they spoke about innocent blood spilt there 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 spilt spilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | they | | | there | | about innocent blood spilt | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about spilt=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} they spoke about innocent blood spilt there long ago and how it must be avenged ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:t11:o2:1 # text = they spoke about innocent blood spilt there long ago and how it must be avenged 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 spilt spilt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 ago ago ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 avenged avenge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | they | | | | | about innocent blood | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about blood=Topic | | 2 | **spilt** | participle | | innocent blood *not said here* | | there | | ago *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **avenge** | must · passive | | blood | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} they argued about the old church bell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:t11:o3:1 # text = they argued about the old church bell 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 argued argue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | they | | | | | about the old church bell | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about bell=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} they were whispering about a murder ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:t11:o4:1 # text = they were whispering about a murder 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 whispering whisper VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | they | | | | | about a murder | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about murder=Topic | **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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