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title: so she keeps the lil foundling vibe by sleeping on a velvet cushion,… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer… · tree and pragmatics
description: so she keeps the lil foundling vibe by sleeping on a velvet cushion, lol Test 6 · ★ of lesson 880 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the mermaid gets legs, dances for the prince, and sails away with him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the m…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so she keeps the lil foundling vibe by sleeping on a velvet cushion, lol

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** keep, foundling, sleep · **To what, where:** lil foundling vibe, velvet cushion

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 880 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the mermaid gets legs, dances for the prince, and sails away with him» 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/880-pg27200-part91/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:t6:1
# text = so she keeps the lil foundling vibe by sleeping on a velvet cushion, lol
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	lil	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	foundling	foundling	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	vibe	vibe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	cushion	cushion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
15	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | she | the lil foundling vibe |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vibe=Theme |
| 2 | **foundling** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sleep** | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  | a velvet cushion |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, right by his door on a velvet cushion, like a pet, and she guards him every night from the sea

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:t6:o1:1
# text = yep, right by his door on a velvet cushion, like a pet, and she guards him every night from the sea
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cushion	cushion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	guards	guard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | present | pet |  | him *= he* |  | night | from the sea | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary from sea=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, right by his door, like a pet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:t6:o2:1
# text = yep, right by his door, like a pet
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, she sleeps in the stables with the horses, far away from the prince's chambers and the palace bells

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:t6:o3:1
# text = nope, she sleeps in the stables with the horses, far away from the prince's chambers and the palace bells
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	chambers	chamber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | she |  |  | the stables with the horses |  | away *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in stable=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, in a silk bed in the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:880-pg27200-part91:t6:o4:1
# text = nope, in a silk bed in the garden
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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