--- title: Bruh, what did the wind and sunbeam tell the tree? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree,… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruh, what did the wind and sunbeam tell the tree? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 825 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 1: a little fir-tree longs to be tall, is cut down, and is dressed for Christmas» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/825-pg27200-part36/t12/) [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 Fir Tree,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/825-pg27200-part36/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 1: a little fir… Bruh, what did the wind and sunbeam tell the tree? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wind · **What happens:** do, tell · **To what, where:** tree · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 825 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 1: a little fir-tree longs to be tall, is cut down, and is dressed for Christmas» 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/825-pg27200-part36/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:825-pg27200-part36:t12:1 # text = Bruh, what did the wind and sunbeam tell the tree? 1 Bruh bruh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sunbeam sunbeam NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the wind and sunbeam | the tree | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tree=Recipient | 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} Rejoice in thy youth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:825-pg27200-part36:t12:o1:1 # text = Rejoice in thy youth 1 Rejoice rejoice VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rejoice** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | thy youth | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Be brave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:825-pg27200-part36:t12:o2:1 # text = Be brave 1 Be be VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | brave *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Be glad of thy green ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:825-pg27200-part36:t12:o3:1 # text = Be glad of thy green 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ _ 2 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | of thy green; glad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Grow tall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:825-pg27200-part36:t12:o4:1 # text = Grow tall 1 Grow grow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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