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title: Ngl, what did the fern keep singing about? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what did the fern keep singing about? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 827 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the fir-tree burns, and the flax becomes linen and then paper» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the fir-tree burns, and…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ngl, what did the fern keep singing about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ngl, fern · **What happens:** do, keep, sing

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 827 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the fir-tree burns, and the flax becomes linen and then paper» 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/827-pg27200-part38/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t2:1
# text = Ngl, what did the fern keep singing about?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	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	fern	fern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Ngl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | present | the fern |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the fern *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Snip, snap, snurre, Basse lurre"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t2:o1:1
# text = "Snip, snap, snurre, Basse lurre"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Snip	snip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	snap	snap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	snurre	snurre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	Basse	Basse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	lurre	lurre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Snip, snap, snurre, Basse lurre, the old tree sleeps now"

<!-- fold The tree, 10 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t2:o2:1
# text = "Snip, snap, snurre, Basse lurre, the old tree sleeps now"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Snip	snip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	snap	snap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	snurre	snurre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	Basse	Basse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	lurre	lurre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** *in a quote* | present | Snip and snap and snurre and Basse lurre |  |  |  | now |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Snip, snap, snurre, Basse lurre, the fire will burn tonight"

<!-- fold The tree, 10 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t2:o3:1
# text = "Snip, snap, snurre, Basse lurre, the fire will burn tonight"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Snip	snip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	snap	snap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	snurre	snurre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	Basse	Basse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	lurre	lurre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** *in a quote* | future | Snip and snap and snurre and Basse lurre |  |  |  | tonight |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Tra la la, the wind is blowing"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t2:o4:1
# text = "Tra la la, the wind is blowing"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Tra	Tra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	dep	_	_
4	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Tra |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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