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title: the chamberlains' train thing, what was that about? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's… · tree and pragmatics
description: the chamberlains' train thing, what was that about? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 824 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child says the truth» 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 right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…

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the chamberlains' train thing, what was that about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 824 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child says the truth» 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/824-pg27200-part35/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t7:1
# text = the chamberlains' train thing, what was that about?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chamberlains	chamberlain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	appos	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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Holding an invisible train

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t7:o1:1
# text = Holding an invisible train
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  | a invisible train |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent train=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Walking behind the emperor while pretending to hold up a train of invisible cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t7:o2:1
# text = Walking behind the emperor while pretending to hold up a train of invisible cloth
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | behind the emperor | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind emperor=Trajectory |
| 2 | **pretend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hold up** | to-infinitive |  | a train of invisible cloth |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot train=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pretending to hold a train

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t7:o3:1
# text = Pretending to hold a train
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive |  | a train |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent train=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pretending to hold up an invisible train that no one could see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t7:o4:1
# text = Pretending to hold up an invisible train that no one could see
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold up** | to-infinitive |  | a invisible train |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot train=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | could | no one | a invisible train |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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