--- title: Digga, why was the mill totally empty when Rudy got there? — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Digga, why was the mill totally empty when Rudy got there? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 856 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 67: Rudy learns Babette is away and climbs the mountains after her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/856-pg27200-part67/t2/) [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 Ice Maiden, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/856-pg27200-part67/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 67: Rudy learns Bab… Digga, why was the mill totally empty when Rudy got there? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Digga, Rudy · **What happens:** be, get This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 856 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 67: Rudy learns Babette is away and climbs the mountains after 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/856-pg27200-part67/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:t2:1 # text = Digga, why was the mill totally empty when Rudy got there? 1 Digga Digga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mill mill NOUN NN _ 8 nsubj _ _ 7 totally totally ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 Rudy Rudy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Digga | | | | | empty, totally *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | Rudy | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} The miller sent Babette to Bern ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:t2:o1:1 # text = The miller sent Babette to Bern 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Babette Babette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Bern Bern PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the miller | Babette | Bern | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent babette=Theme to bern=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} The miller had gone to Interlaken to sell the mill and his cows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:t2:o2:1 # text = The miller had gone to Interlaken to sell the mill and his cows 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Interlaken Interlaken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect | the miller | | | Interlaken | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to interlaken=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **sell** | to-infinitive | the miller *not said here* | the mill and miller's cows | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mill=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The miller took Babette to Interlaken ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:t2:o3:1 # text = The miller took Babette to Interlaken 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Babette Babette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Interlaken Interlaken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the miller | Babette | Interlaken | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent babette=Theme to interlaken=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} The miller took Babette to Interlaken for the shooting festival ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:t2:o4:1 # text = The miller took Babette to Interlaken for the shooting festival 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Babette Babette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Interlaken Interlaken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 shooting shooting NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 festival festival NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the miller | Babette | Interlaken | | | for the shooting festival | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent babette=Theme to interlaken=Destination | **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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