--- title: why couldn't Ib write the letter at the end? — Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christ… · tree and pragmatics description: why couldn't Ib write the letter at the end? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 850 «Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christina goes into service, and Ib cannot write to her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/850-pg27200-part61/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 Tales, Ib and Little Christ…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/850-pg27200-part61/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christ… why couldn't Ib write the letter at the end? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ib · **What happens:** not write · **To what, where:** letter, end This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 850 «Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christina goes into service, and Ib cannot write to her» 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/850-pg27200-part61/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t9:1 # text = why couldn't Ib write the letter at the end? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 Ib Ib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **write** | could | Ib | the letter | | | at the end | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} he just couldn't get on at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t9:o1:1 # text = he just couldn't get on at all 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **get on** | could | he | | | all | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} he lost his pen somewhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t9:o2:1 # text = he lost his pen somewhere 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 pen pen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 somewhere somewhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | he | his pen | | | | somewhere *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} he was busy all summer with the sheep and the harvest fields ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t9:o3:1 # text = he was busy all summer with the sheep and the harvest fields 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | summer | with the sheep and the harvest fields; busy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} he could not find the right words to say how he felt, honestly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t9:o4:1 # text = he could not find the right words to say how he felt, honestly 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **find** | could | he | the right words | | | | honestly *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **feel** | past | he | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | **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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