--- title: lol what was saperli trying to send to christ? — Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an av… · tree and pragmatics description: lol what was saperli trying to send to christ? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 855 «Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the uncle, and Rudy becomes the family's hunter and guide» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/855-pg27200-part66/t4/) [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, Rudy, part 66: an av…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/855-pg27200-part66/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the un… lol what was saperli trying to send to christ? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** saperli · **What happens:** be, try, send · **To what, where:** saperli, christ This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 855 «Andersen's Tales, Rudy, part 66: an avalanche kills the uncle, and Rudy becomes the family's hunter and guide» 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/855-pg27200-part66/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t4:1 # text = lol what was saperli trying to send to christ? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 saperli saperli NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | saperli | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | gerund | saperli *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **send** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | saperli *not said here* | | christ | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to christ=Destination | 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} a plea to end his own life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t4:o1:1 # text = a plea to end his own life 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 plea plea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | to-infinitive | | his own life | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality life=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} a letter begging for his own death ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t4:o2:1 # text = a letter begging for his own death 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 begging beg VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | a letter *not said here* | | | | | for his own death | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for death=Topic | | 2 | **die** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} a long letter begging God to let him die in place of the boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t4:o3:1 # text = a long letter begging God to let him die in place of the boy 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 begging beg VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | a long letter *not said here* | | God | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent god=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a long letter *not said here* | God | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **die** | infinitive | God *not said here* | | | | | in place of the boy | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in place=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} a note asking for his death ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:855-pg27200-part66:t4:o4:1 # text = a note asking for his death 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | a note *not said here* | | | | | for his death | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **die** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | **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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