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title: Which proverb does the narrator associate with Rudy's good fortune? — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which proverb does the narrator associate with Rudy's good fortune? Exam question 2 of lesson 857 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 68: Rudy reaches Interlachen, wins the shooting match and meets Babette again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 68: Rudy reaches In…

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Which proverb does the narrator associate with Rudy's good fortune?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** proverb · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** narrator associate

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 857 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 68: Rudy reaches Interlachen, wins the shooting match and meets Babette again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/857-pg27200-part68/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:e2:1
# text = Which proverb does the narrator associate with Rudy's good fortune?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	associate	associate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which proverb | the narrator associate |  |  |  | with Rudy's good fortune | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent associate=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Nuts are given to us, but they are not cracked for us."

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:e2:o1:1
# text = "Nuts are given to us, but they are not cracked for us."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	cracked	crack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | Nuts | us |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to we=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **crack** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | Nuts *= nut* |  |  |  | for us | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fortune comes to those who wait.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:e2:o2:1
# text = Fortune comes to those who wait.
1	Fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	obl	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wait	wait	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Fortune |  |  | those |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to that=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **wait** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nuts are given to us, but they are not cracked for us by the cook.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:e2:o3:1
# text = Nuts are given to us, but they are not cracked for us by the cook.
1	Nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	cracked	crack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | Nuts | us |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to we=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **crack** | present · passive | the cook | Nuts *= nut* |  |  |  | for us | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nuts are given to us, but they are not cracked for us, and we must work.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:e2:o4:1
# text = Nuts are given to us, but they are not cracked for us, and we must work.
1	Nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	cracked	crack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | Nuts | us |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to we=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **crack** | present · passive |  | Nuts *= nut* |  |  |  | for us | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **work** | must | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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