--- title: Why's the brother sending the lad away, like? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the… · tree and pragmatics description: Why's the brother sending the lad away, like? Test 3 · ★ 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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the Rose, part 32: the… Why's the brother sending the lad away, like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother · **What happens:** send away · **To what, where:** lad This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:t3:1 # text = Why's the brother sending the lad away, like? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | present · progressive | the brother | the lad | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Theme | 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} cos he wants the money the lad owes him from before ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:t3:o1:1 # text = cos he wants the money the lad owes him from before 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 owes owe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 before before ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | cos | the money | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme | | 2 | **owe** | present | the lad | cos | | | | before *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} he wants her to marry rich ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:t3:o2:1 # text = he wants her to marry rich 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | he | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | rich *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he doesn't like the engagement ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:t3:o3:1 # text = he doesn't like the engagement 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 engagement engagement NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | he | the engagement | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot engagement=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} he wants his sister to marry some rich lord from town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:t3:o4:1 # text = he wants his sister to marry some rich lord from town 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 8 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | he | his sister | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | his sister *not said here* | some rich lord | | town | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=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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