--- title: Why did the polypi let her go? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the polypi let her go? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 879 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the mermaid sneaks off to the sea witch and pays a terrible price» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/879-pg27200-part90/t7/) [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, The Little Mer…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/879-pg27200-part90/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the m… Why did the polypi let her go? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** polypi, her · **What happens:** let, go · **To what, where:** her This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 879 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the mermaid sneaks off to the sea witch and pays a terrible price» 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/879-pg27200-part90/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:t7:1 # text = Why did the polypi let her go? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 polypi polypi NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | past · do-support | the polypi | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} They got scared when the mermaid screamed loudly in the dark bog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:t7:o1:1 # text = They got scared when the mermaid screamed loudly in the dark bog 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 screamed scream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 bog bog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | They | | | | | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | the mermaid | | | the dark bog | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bog=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They freaked out at the glowing potion ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:t7:o2:1 # text = They freaked out at the glowing potion 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 freaked freak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 glowing glow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 potion potion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freak out** | past | They | | | the glowing potion | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **glow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They got scared by the strong witch's smell and the bubbling pot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:t7:o3:1 # text = They got scared by the strong witch's smell and the bubbling pot 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 bubbling bubbling NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | They | | | | | by the strong witch's smell and the bubbling pot; scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **smell** | | the strong witch | | | | | | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They got scared of the witch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:t7:o4:1 # text = They got scared of the witch 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | They | | | | | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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