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title: What did Rudy's foster-mother say to him upon his return? — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did Rudy's foster-mother say to him upon his return? Exam question 2 of lesson 858 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home over the mountains, meets the strange maiden, then visits Babette at the mill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home…

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What did Rudy's foster-mother say to him upon his return?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** foster mother, Rudy · **What happens:** say, return · **To what, where:** Rudy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 858 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home over the mountains, meets the strange maiden, then visits Babette at the mill» 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/858-pg27200-part69/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e2:1
# text = What did Rudy's foster-mother say to him upon his return?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	foster	foster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Rudy's foster mother |  | Rudy |  |  | upon Rudy's return | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to he=Recipient |
| 2 | **return** |  | Rudy |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You bring us all such fine luck, Rudy dear.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e2:o1:1
# text = You bring us all such fine luck, Rudy dear.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
5	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | You |  | us |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument we=Destination |
| 2 | **luck** |  | all |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You have brought good luck with you, Rudy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e2:o2:1
# text = You have brought good luck with you, Rudy.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present · perfect | You | good luck |  |  |  | with you | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent luck=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Welcome home, Rudy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e2:o3:1
# text = Welcome home, Rudy.
1	Welcome	welcome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You have come home at last, Rudy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e2:o4:1
# text = You have come home at last, Rudy.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · perfect | You | Rudy |  | last |  | home *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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