--- title: wait, what did the cuckoo tell him, sick? — Andersen's Tales, The Old Oak Tree's L… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what did the cuckoo tell him, sick? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 867 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream: a Christmas storm uproots the oak as he dreams of summer and of all the small plants rising up with him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/867-pg27200-part78/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Old Oak Tree's L…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/867-pg27200-part78/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream: a Christm… wait, what did the cuckoo tell him, sick? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, cuckoo · **What happens:** wait, tell · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 867 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream: a Christmas storm uproots the oak as he dreams of summer and of all the small plants rising up with him» 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/867-pg27200-part78/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:t3:1 # text = wait, what did the cuckoo tell him, sick? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cuckoo cuckoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the cuckoo | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic | 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} how many summers and winters he had left in the wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:t3:o1:1 # text = how many summers and winters he had left in the wood 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 summers summer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 winters winter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | many summers and winters | | the wood | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in wood=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} how many summers he had left before the axe came down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:t3:o2:1 # text = how many summers he had left before the axe came down 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 summers summer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 down down ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · perfect | he | many summers *not said here* | | the axe | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent summer=Theme before axe=Location | | 2 | **come down** | past | many summers | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} how long the frost would last ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:t3:o3:1 # text = how long the frost would last 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **last** | would | the frost | | | | | long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} how many summers he had left ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:867-pg27200-part78:t3:o4:1 # text = how many summers he had left 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 summers summer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · perfect | he | many summers *not said here* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent summer=Theme | **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. 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