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title: did the old lady December bring a tree in a flower pot? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the old lady December bring a tree in a flower pot? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 887 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1: twelve months arrive by coach, and storks gossip about a lost swan-princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1:…

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did the old lady December bring a tree in a flower pot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old lady · **What happens:** bring · **To what, where:** tree, flower pot

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 887 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1: twelve months arrive by coach, and storks gossip about a lost swan-princess» 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/887-pg27200-part98/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t4:1
# text = did the old lady December bring a tree in a flower pot?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past · do-support | the old lady | a tree |  | a flower pot |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |

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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 -->
Nope, a basket of pears, and a lamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t4:o1:1
# text = Nope, a basket of pears, and a lamp
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pears	pear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a little fir, and a fire stool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t4:o2:1
# text = Yeah, a little fir, and a fire stool
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a little fir in a flower pot, and a fire stool and a wreath, lol

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, a little fir in a flower pot, and a fire stool and a wreath, lol
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wreath	wreath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
19	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she had a whole tree plus a fire stool and a sleigh full of nuts

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she had a whole tree plus a fire stool and a sleigh full of nuts
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sleigh	sleigh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
15	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | she | a whole tree plus a fire stool and a sleigh |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |

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