--- title: bro, why couldn't she bend down to eat? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who T… · tree and pragmatics description: bro, why couldn't she bend down to eat? Test 9 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/832-pg27200-part43/t9/) [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 Girl Who T…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/832-pg27200-part43/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf: pro… bro, why couldn't she bend down to eat? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** not bend down, eat This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:832-pg27200-part43:t9:1 # text = bro, why couldn't she bend down to eat? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 bend bend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bend down** | could | she | | | | | bro *vocative* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} the loaf was stuck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:832-pg27200-part43:t9:o1:1 # text = the loaf was stuck 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loaf loaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the loaf | | | | | stuck *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} the loaf was too far away and her back was too stiff to bend down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:832-pg27200-part43:t9:o2:1 # text = the loaf was too far away and her back was too stiff to bend down 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loaf loaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 bend bend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 15 down down ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the loaf | | | | | away, far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | stiff *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bend down** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} her back was too stiff from standing in the cold marsh all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:832-pg27200-part43:t9:o3:1 # text = her back was too stiff from standing in the cold marsh all day 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 from from SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | her back | | | | | stiff *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | her back *not said here* | | | the cold marsh | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in marsh=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} her back was too stiff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:832-pg27200-part43:t9:o4:1 # text = her back was too stiff 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 stiff stiff ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | her back | | | | | stiff *property* | tree rules | **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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