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title: Is the story about the powers of evil, then? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is the story about the powers of evil, then? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 862 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 73: Rudy climbs the mountain, meets the Ice Maiden, and loses his ring» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 73: Rudy clim…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Is the story about the powers of evil, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** story

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 862 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 73: Rudy climbs the mountain, meets the Ice Maiden, and loses his ring» 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/862-pg27200-part73/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:862-pg27200-part73:t12:1
# text = Is the story about the powers of evil, then?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	powers	power	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the story |  |  | then | about the powers of evil | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it's a sweet tale about a young hunter who falls in love and then returns home to the mill, bruv

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:862-pg27200-part73:t12:o1:1
# text = Nah, it's a sweet tale about a young hunter who falls in love and then returns home to the mill, bruv
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
18	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
19	home	home	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a sweet tale and bruv |  |  |  | about a young hunter | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | present | a young hunter |  |  | love |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location |
| 3 | **return** | present | a young hunter *not said here* |  |  |  | then | to the mill *result*; home *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to mill=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it's about the mill and cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:862-pg27200-part73:t12:o2:1
# text = Nah, it's about the mill and cats
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | about the mill and cats | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the powers of evil play their cruel game on people who wander up the mountain alone, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:862-pg27200-part73:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, the powers of evil play their cruel game on people who wander up the mountain alone, innit
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	powers	power	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	wander	wander	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | the powers of evil | powers's cruel game |  |  |  | on people | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
| 2 | **wander up** | present | people | the mountain |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mountain=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they play their game on us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:862-pg27200-part73:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they play their game on us
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | they | their game |  |  |  | on us | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |

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