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title: What was the omnibus for? — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the omnibus for? Test 11 · ★ 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 and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home…

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What was the omnibus for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** omnibus · **What happens:** be

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This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:t11:1
# text = What was the omnibus for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	omnibus	omnibus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the omnibus |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the ride to the top of the glacier where the Ice Maiden lives in her crystal palace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:t11:o1:1
# text = the ride to the top of the glacier where the Ice Maiden lives in her crystal palace
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	glacier	glacier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Ice	Ice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	crystal	crystal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the ride to the top |  |  | Maiden's crystal palace |  | of the glacier | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to carry the miller's cheese and the English gentleman's luggage from Geneva to Interlaken and back

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:t11:o2:1
# text = to carry the miller's cheese and the English gentleman's luggage from Geneva to Interlaken and back
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	luggage	luggage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Geneva	Geneva	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Interlaken	Interlaken	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | to-infinitive |  | the miller's cheese | Interlaken |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cheese=Theme to interlaken=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the ride between Valais and Vaud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:t11:o3:1
# text = the ride between Valais and Vaud
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Valais	Valais	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Vaud	Vaud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to haul cheese to the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:t11:o4:1
# text = to haul cheese to the market
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	haul	haul	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haul** | to-infinitive |  | cheese |  | the market |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cheese=Theme to market=Destination |

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