--- title: fr, what did the old lady say about the oysters hurting? — Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part… · tree and pragmatics description: fr, what did the old lady say about the oysters hurting? Test 6 · ★ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/877-pg27200-part88/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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/877-pg27200-part88/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 88: the mermaid save… fr, what did the old lady say about the oysters hurting? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fr, oysters · **What happens:** do, say, hurt · **To what, where:** old lady · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t6:1 # text = fr, what did the old lady say about the oysters hurting? 1 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 oysters oyster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 hurting hurt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | fr | the old lady | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | fr | | | | | about the oysters | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hurt** | gerund | the oysters *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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} A proud heart never cries, so bear the pain in silence ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t6:o1:1 # text = A proud heart never cries, so bear the pain in silence 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* | present | a proud heart | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bear** | infinitive | a proud heart *not said here* | the pain | | silence | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Beauty must endure the ache ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t6:o2:1 # text = Beauty must endure the ache 1 Beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 endure endure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ache ache NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **endure** | must | Beauty | the ache | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ache=Circumstance | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pride must suffer pain, and the sea gives nothing free ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t6:o3:1 # text = Pride must suffer pain, and the sea gives nothing free 1 Pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 9 obj _ _ 11 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suffer** | must | Pride | pain | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pain=Stimulus | | 2 | **give** | present | the sea | nothing | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Pride must suffer pain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:877-pg27200-part88:t6:o4:1 # text = Pride must suffer pain 1 Pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suffer** | must | Pride | pain | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pain=Stimulus | **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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