--- title: Why did the wife hide all the nice grub in the oven? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus a… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the wife hide all the nice grub in the oven? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 869 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 80: Little Claus tricks the farmer and sells him the sexton in a chest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/869-pg27200-part80/t6/) [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 Fairy Tales, Little Claus a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/869-pg27200-part80/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 8… Why did the wife hide all the nice grub in the oven? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** hide · **To what, where:** nice grub, oven This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 869 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 80: Little Claus tricks the farmer and sells him the sexton in a chest» 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/869-pg27200-part80/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:869-pg27200-part80:t6:1 # text = Why did the wife hide all the nice grub in the oven? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 grub grub NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past · do-support | the wife | all nice grub | | the oven | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent grub=Patient in oven=Location | 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} So her hubby wouldn't ask questions about the missing food ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:869-pg27200-part80:t6:o1:1 # text = So her hubby wouldn't ask questions about the missing food 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hubby hubby NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | would | her hubby | questions | | | | about the missing food | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent question=Recipient about food=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} So the cat couldn't get it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:869-pg27200-part80:t6:o2:1 # text = So the cat couldn't get it 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **get** | could | the cat | it | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} So the guests would not see the good food before dinner was served ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:869-pg27200-part80:t6:o3:1 # text = So the guests would not see the good food before dinner was served 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | would | the guests | the good food | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus | | 2 | **serve** | past · passive | | dinner | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} So her hubby wouldn't ask ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:869-pg27200-part80:t6:o4:1 # text = So her hubby wouldn't ask 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hubby hubby NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | would | her hubby | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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