--- title: What did the elf say was passing away, fam? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the elf say was passing away, fam? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 821 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the Rose, part 32: the lover is murdered and the sister keeps his head» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/821-pg27200-part32/t14/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Elf of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/821-pg27200-part32/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the Rose, part 32: the… What did the elf say was passing away, fam? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** elf · **What happens:** do, say, pass away · **To what, where:** fam · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 821 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the Rose, part 32: the lover is murdered and the sister keeps his head» 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/821-pg27200-part32/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:t14:1 # text = What did the elf say was passing away, fam? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 elf elf NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the elf *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pass away** | past · progressive | the elf | fam | | | | away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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} how soon all the lovely garden and the lady's kiss pass away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:t14:o1:1 # text = how soon all the lovely garden and the lady's kiss pass away 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 12 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass away** | present | all lovely garden and the lady's kiss | | | | | away, soon *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **kiss** | | the lady | | | | | | nom kiss «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} all good things die in the cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:t14:o2:1 # text = all good things die in the cold 1 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 2 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | present | all good things | | | | | in the cold | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in cold=Attribute | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} how soon all good things pass away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:t14:o3:1 # text = how soon all good things pass away 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass away** | present | good things | | | | | away, soon *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} how soon all that is good passes away, like the lovers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:t14:o4:1 # text = how soon all that is good passes away, like the lovers 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ _ 7 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pass away** | present | all good | | | | | like the lovers; away, soon *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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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