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title: Okay, what do the cannons mean with the boom, no cap? — Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the c… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay, what do the cannons mean with the boom, no cap? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 848 «Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his wooden Holger and tells of the Danish arms, while Holger dreams on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his w…

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Okay, what do the cannons mean with the boom, no cap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cannons · **What happens:** mean

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 848 «Andersen's Tales, Holger Danske: the carver finishes his wooden Holger and tells of the Danish arms, while Holger dreams on» 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/848-pg27200-part59/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:t7:1
# text = Okay, what do the cannons mean with the boom, no cap?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cannons	cannon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	boom	boom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | the cannons |  |  |  |  | with the boom | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 {#o1}

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they fire to wake the sleeping town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:t7:o1:1
# text = they fire to wake the sleeping town
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | to-infinitive |  | the sleeping town |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent town=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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good morning and thank you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:t7:o2:1
# text = good morning and thank you
1	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
4	thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present |  |  | you |  | morning |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they say good morning and thank you to the fleet and the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:t7:o3:1
# text = they say good morning and thank you to the fleet and the king
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fleet	fleet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | they |  |  |  | morning |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | they *not said here* |  | you |  |  | to the fleet and the king | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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they seem to say good morning and thank you to every sailor who fought

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:848-pg27200-part59:t7:o4:1
# text = they seem to say good morning and thank you to every sailor who fought
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	seem	seem	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  | morning |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | they *not said here* |  | you |  |  | to every sailor | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 4 | **fight** | past | every sailor |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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