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title: bro, what did Rudy say an evening like that was worth? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, what did Rudy say an evening like that was worth? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 863 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and Babette near their wedding, then their boat drifts away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro, what did Rudy say an evening like that was worth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rudy, that · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 863 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 74: Rudy and Babette near their wedding, then their boat drifts away» 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/863-pg27200-part74/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:t6:1
# text = bro, what did Rudy say an evening like that was worth?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 |  |  |  | evening | bro *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | that |  |  |  |  | worth *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A whole life, literally

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:t6:o1:1
# text = A whole life, literally
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A whole life, literally, with every single sunny day on the lake included

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:t6:o2:1
# text = A whole life, literally, with every single sunny day on the lake included
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	included	include	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **include** | participle · passive |  | a whole life and every single sunny day on the lake |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A whole life, literally, and then some more after that, like a dream

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:t6:o3:1
# text = A whole life, literally, and then some more after that, like a dream
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A whole year, honestly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:863-pg27200-part74:t6:o4:1
# text = A whole year, honestly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

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