--- title: wait, did the sisters stay up top for good? — Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, did the sisters stay up top for good? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 877 «Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 88: the mermaid saves the drowning prince from the storm» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/877-pg27200-part88/t13/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/877-pg27200-part88/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 88: the mermaid save… wait, did the sisters stay up top for good? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, sisters · **What happens:** wait, stay · **To what, where:** up top This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 877 «Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 88: the mermaid saves the drowning prince from the storm» 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/877-pg27200-part88/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t13:1 # text = wait, did the sisters stay up top for good? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 up up ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ 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 | **stay** | past · do-support | the sisters | up top | | | | for good | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme top=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} no, they wanted to go back to the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t13:o1:1 # text = no, they wanted to go back to the water 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | they | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **go back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | to the water *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to water=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} yes, they loved the land and never left ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t13:o2:1 # text = yes, they loved the land and never left 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past | they | the land | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **leave** | participle | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} no ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t13:o3:1 # text = no 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} yes, forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t13:o4:1 # text = yes, forever 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 forever forever ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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