--- title: bro, why was she dancing so hard if her feet were killing her? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer… · tree and pragmatics description: bro, why was she dancing so hard if her feet were killing her? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 881 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid: the mermaid refuses the knife and rises among the daughters of the air» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/881-pg27200-part92/t2/) [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/881-pg27200-part92/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid: the mermaid re… bro, why was she dancing so hard if her feet were killing her? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she, feet · **What happens:** dance, kill · **To what, where:** her This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 881 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid: the mermaid refuses the knife and rises among the daughters of the air» 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/881-pg27200-part92/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:881-pg27200-part92:t2:1 # text = bro, why was she dancing so hard if her feet were killing her? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 killing kill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | past · progressive | she | | | | | bro *vocative*; hard *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | her feet | her *= she* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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} Cos she was happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:881-pg27200-part92:t2:o1:1 # text = Cos she was happy 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cos she wanted him to love her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:881-pg27200-part92:t2:o2:1 # text = Cos she wanted him to love her 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | she | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **love** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Cos it was her last night with him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:881-pg27200-part92:t2:o3:1 # text = Cos it was her last night with him 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | cos her last night | with him *= he* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cos she was trying to impress him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:881-pg27200-part92:t2:o4:1 # text = Cos she was trying to impress him 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 impress impress VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · progressive | she | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **impress** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=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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