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title: Did the Danes and Swedes fight in winter, or chill out? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from He… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the Danes and Swedes fight in winter, or chill out? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 847 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plant is lost and a king grieves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plan…

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Did the Danes and Swedes fight in winter, or chill out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Danes · **What happens:** fight, chill out

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 847 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plant is lost and a king grieves» 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/847-pg27200-part58/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:t11:1
# text = Did the Danes and Swedes fight in winter, or chill out?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Danes	Dane	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Swedes	swede	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	chill	chill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | present | the Danes and Swedes |  |  |  | winter |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **chill out** | infinitive | the Danes and Swedes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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They fought hard, but they chilled out sometimes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:t11:o1:1
# text = They fought hard, but they chilled out sometimes
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	chilled	chill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | They |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **chill out** | past | they |  |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They chilled, with a handshake and biscuits, then went back to their own homes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:t11:o2:1
# text = They chilled, with a handshake and biscuits, then went back to their own homes
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chilled	chill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	handshake	handshake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | past | They |  |  |  |  | with a handshake and biscuits | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with handshake=Instrument |
| 2 | **go back** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  | then | to biscuits's own homes *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They just fought all winter long with swords

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:t11:o3:1
# text = They just fought all winter long with swords
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | They |  |  |  | winter | with swords; long *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with sword=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They chilled, with a handshake and biscuits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:847-pg27200-part58:t11:o4:1
# text = They chilled, with a handshake and biscuits
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chilled	chill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	handshake	handshake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | past | They |  |  |  |  | with a handshake and biscuits | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with handshake=Instrument |

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