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title: Why was the Ice Maiden being so salty about people? — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was the Ice Maiden being so salty about people? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 860 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures the eaglet and brings it to the mill, while the Ice Maiden mocks the railway» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures t…

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Why was the Ice Maiden being so salty about people?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ice Maiden · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 860 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures the eaglet and brings it to the mill, while the Ice Maiden mocks the railway» 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/860-pg27200-part71/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t5:1
# text = Why was the Ice Maiden being so salty about people?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Ice	Ice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Ice Maiden |  |  |  |  | about people; salty *property* | 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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She thought they were tiny and silly next to the mountains.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t5:o1:1
# text = She thought they were tiny and silly next to the mountains.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	next	next	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | tiny *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | next *property* | tree rules |

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

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She called them worms and said they were nothing next to nature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t5:o2:1
# text = She called them worms and said they were nothing next to nature
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	ccomp	_	_
10	next	next	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | She | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | worms *= worm* | nothing |  |  |  | nature *nmod*; next *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She called them worms and said they were nothing at all next to nature, and that they could be crushed like snow under her feet whenever she liked.

<!-- fold The tree, 28 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t5:o3:1
# text = She called them worms and said they were nothing at all next to nature, and that they could be crushed like snow under her feet whenever she liked.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
12	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	crushed	crush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	ccomp	_	_
22	like	like	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	under	under	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
27	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	21	advmod	_	_
28	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	advcl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | She | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | past | worms *= worm* | nothing |  | all |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **crush** | could · passive |  | worms *= worm* |  | her feet |  | like snow; whenever *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **like** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because she felt the people below were rude, and she called them worms, saying nature was far above them in every single way.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t5:o4:1
# text = Because she felt the people below were rude, and she called them worms, saying nature was far above them in every single way.
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	below	below	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
17	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	21	advmod	_	_
20	above	above	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	conj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	25	det	_	_
24	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | she | the people |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | below, rude *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **call** | past | she | people |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | she *not said here* | nature |  | every single way |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent nature=Theme in way=Manner |
| 5 | **is** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | above worms *= worm*; far *property* | tree rules |

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