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title: so the daughters of the air are like fairies, yeah? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the daughters of the air are like fairies, yeah? Test 8 · ★ 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 question and 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid: the mermaid re…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the daughters of the air are like fairies, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** daughters · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:881-pg27200-part92:t8:1
# text = so the daughters of the air are like fairies, yeah?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the daughters of the air |  |  |  |  | like fairies | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they help people to earn souls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:881-pg27200-part92:t8:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they help people to earn souls
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	earn	earn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	souls	soul	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | they | people |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **earn** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | souls |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, kinda, they cool air and do kind things to earn souls over years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:881-pg27200-part92:t8:o2:1
# text = Yeah, kinda, they cool air and do kind things to earn souls over years
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cool	cool	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	earn	earn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	souls	soul	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | present | they | air |  |  |  | kinda *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent air=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | present | they *not said here* | kind things |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |
| 3 | **earn** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | souls |  |  | year |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they do good deeds to earn souls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:881-pg27200-part92:t8:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they do good deeds to earn souls
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	earn	earn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	souls	soul	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | they | good deeds |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality |
| 2 | **earn** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | souls |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they do good deeds in warm lands to earn immortal souls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:881-pg27200-part92:t8:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they do good deeds in warm lands to earn immortal souls
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	earn	earn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
12	immortal	immortal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	souls	soul	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | they | good deeds |  | warm lands |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality |
| 2 | **earn** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | immortal souls |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme |

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