--- title: Wait, so where did he even try to get a ride? — Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Eve… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, so where did he even try to get a ride? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 837 «Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48: a lost counsellor wanders strange old streets and thinks he is ill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/t3/) [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 Tales, The Counsellor's Eve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/837-pg27200-part48/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48:… Wait, so where did he even try to get a ride? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** wait, try, get · **To what, where:** ride This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 837 «Andersen's Tales, The Counsellor's Evening Walk, part 48: a lost counsellor wanders strange old streets and thinks he is ill» 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/837-pg27200-part48/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t3:1 # text = Wait, so where did he even try to get a ride? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **try** | past · do-support | he | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | a ride | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ride=Stimulus | 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} Over at the king's new market ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t3:o1:1 # text = Over at the king's new market 1 Over over ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **market** | | the king | | | | | | nom market «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Near the East gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t3:o2:1 # text = Near the East gate 1 Near near ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Out by the new meadow beyond town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t3:o3:1 # text = Out by the new meadow beyond town 1 Out out ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Down at the old wooden harbour ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:837-pg27200-part48:t3:o4:1 # text = Down at the old wooden harbour 1 Down down ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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