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title: Real talk, what did the miller say about his own trip? — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, what did the miller say about his own trip? Test 13 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 68: Rudy reaches In…

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Real talk, what did the miller say about his own trip?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** miller · **What happens:** do, say, trip · **To what, where:** Real talk · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ 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. 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:t13:1
# text = Real talk, what did the miller say about his own trip?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Real talk |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the miller |  |  |  |  | about miller's own trip | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **trip** |  | miller |  |  |  |  |  | nom trip «act transitive»: poss=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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he had travelled to Italy and crossed the sea by steamship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:t13:o1:1
# text = he had travelled to Italy and crossed the sea by steamship
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	travelled	travell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Italy	Italy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	crossed	cross	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	steamship	steamship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travell** | past · perfect | he |  | Italy |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cross** | past | he *not said here* | the sea |  |  |  | by steamship | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he went as far as a steamship on the great lake and back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:t13:o2:1
# text = he went as far as a steamship on the great lake and back
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	steamship	steamship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  | the great lake and back |  | as a steamship; far *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on lake=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he went as far as a steamship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:t13:o3:1
# text = he went as far as a steamship
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	steamship	steamship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  | as a steamship; far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he took a long walk abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:t13:o4:1
# text = he took a long walk abroad
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | he | a long walk |  |  |  | abroad *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walk=Theme |

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