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title: fr, what did the toads do in her dress? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who T… · tree and pragmatics
description: fr, what did the toads do in her dress? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 832 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf: proud Inge tramples bread, sinks into the marsh and is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf: pro…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, what did the toads do in her dress?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fr, toads · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** dress

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 832 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf: proud Inge tramples bread, sinks into the marsh and is punished» 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/832-pg27200-part43/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:832-pg27200-part43:t4:1
# text = fr, what did the toads do in her dress?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	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	toads	toad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | fr |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the toads |  |  | fr's dress |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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croaked loudly all night like a poodle barking at the moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:832-pg27200-part43:t4:o1:1
# text = croaked loudly all night like a poodle barking at the moon
1	croaked	croak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	poodle	poodle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	barking	bark	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **croak** | participle |  |  |  |  | night | like a poodle; loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bark** | gerund | a poodle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the moon | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at moon=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ran up her sleeves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:832-pg27200-part43:t4:o2:1
# text = ran up her sleeves
1	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sleeves	sleeve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run up** | past |  | her sleeves |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sleeve=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
croaked like a poodle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:832-pg27200-part43:t4:o3:1
# text = croaked like a poodle
1	croaked	croak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	poodle	poodle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **croak** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | like a poodle | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
poured out and croaked and hopped all over her shoes and face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:832-pg27200-part43:t4:o4:1
# text = poured out and croaked and hopped all over her shoes and face
1	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	croaked	croak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hopped	hop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour out** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 2 | **croak** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hop** | past |  | her shoes and face |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shoe=Trajectory |

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