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title: and the tulips were like the old grannies watching the dance, fr — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's F… · tree and pragmatics
description: and the tulips were like the old grannies watching the dance, fr Test 7 · ★ of lesson 873 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…

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and the tulips were like the old grannies watching the dance, fr

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tulips · **What happens:** watch · **To what, where:** dance

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 873 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball» 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/873-pg27200-part84/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t7:1
# text = and the tulips were like the old grannies watching the dance, fr
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tulips	tulip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	grannies	grannie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past · progressive | the tulips | the dance |  |  |  | fr *obl* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Theme |

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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 -->
yeah the tulips and tiger-lilies watched it all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t7:o1:1
# text = yeah the tulips and tiger-lilies watched it all
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tulips	tulip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	lilies	lily	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | the tulips and tiger lilies | it |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah the tulips and tiger-lilies watched it all from the balconies while the student told the stories

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t7:o2:1
# text = yeah the tulips and tiger-lilies watched it all from the balconies while the student told the stories
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tulips	tulip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	lilies	lily	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	balconies	balcony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | the tulips and tiger lilies | it |  | the balconies |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the student | the stories |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah the cockscombs bowed to the royal pair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t7:o3:1
# text = yeah the cockscombs bowed to the royal pair
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cockscombs	cockscomb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | the cockscombs |  |  |  |  | to the royal pair | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to pair=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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nah the tulips and tiger-lilies were dancing with the violets all night and only the grannies watched

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:t7:o4:1
# text = nah the tulips and tiger-lilies were dancing with the violets all night and only the grannies watched
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tulips	tulip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	lilies	lily	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	csubj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	violets	violet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	only	only	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	grannies	grannie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
19	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past · progressive | the tulips and tiger lilies |  |  |  | night | with the violets | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | past | dancing |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

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