--- title: ngl, why did the fishes chew the stalk? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: ngl, why did the fishes chew the stalk? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 882 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 93: Tiny escapes the toads, is carried off, and freezes in winter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/882-pg27200-part93/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, Thumbelina, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/882-pg27200-part93/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 93: Tiny escapes… ngl, why did the fishes chew the stalk? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** chew · **To what, where:** stalk This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 882 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 93: Tiny escapes the toads, is carried off, and freezes in winter» 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/882-pg27200-part93/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:882-pg27200-part93:t2:1 # text = ngl, why did the fishes chew the stalk? 1 ngl ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fishes fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 chew chew VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stalk stalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chew** | past · do-support | ngl | the stalk | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stalk=Patient | 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 liked her a lot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:882-pg27200-part93:t2:o1:1 # text = They liked her a lot 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | past | They | her *= she* | | | | a lot *obl:unmarked* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because they felt sorry for little Tiny in the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:882-pg27200-part93:t2:o2:1 # text = Because they felt sorry for little Tiny in the water 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 Tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | they | | | the water | | for little Tiny; sorry *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for tiny=Theme in water=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They felt bad for her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:882-pg27200-part93:t2:o3:1 # text = They felt bad for her 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | They | | | | | for her *= she*; bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} They felt very bad for her and wanted to help ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:882-pg27200-part93:t2:o4:1 # text = They felt very bad for her and wanted to help 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | They | | | | | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **want** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | **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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