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title: why's the stork mom so mad at the dad? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics
description: why's the stork mom so mad at the dad? Test 7 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1:…

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why's the stork mom so mad at the dad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stork mom · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t7:1
# text = why's the stork mom so mad at the dad?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the stork mom |  |  |  |  | why *property* | 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}

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She's hatching eggs and can't handle the drama, the dad storks keep flying off to the Marsh King's moor, so annoying

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t7:o1:1
# text = She's hatching eggs and can't handle the drama, the dad storks keep flying off to the Marsh King's moor, so annoying
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hatching	hatch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	handle	handle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	drama	drama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	xcomp	_	_
17	off	off	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Marsh	Marsh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	so	so	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	annoying	annoying	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hatch** | present · progressive | She | eggs |  |  |  |  | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent egg=Product |
| 2 | **not** **handle** | can | She *not said here* | the drama |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drama=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | present | the dad storks |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **fly off** | gerund | the dad storks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Marsh King's moor *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to moor=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She's hatching eggs and can't handle the drama, he came back late with mud all over him, again

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t7:o2:1
# text = She's hatching eggs and can't handle the drama, he came back late with mud all over him, again
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hatching	hatch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	handle	handle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	drama	drama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	all	all	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	over	over	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hatch** | present · progressive | She | eggs |  |  | again |  | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent egg=Product |
| 2 | **not** **handle** | can | She *not said here* | the drama |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drama=Theme |
| 3 | **come back** | past | he |  |  |  |  | with mud; over him *= he*; late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over he=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He kept bringing home wet reeds and frogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t7:o3:1
# text = He kept bringing home wet reeds and frogs
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	xcomp	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** | gerund | He *not said here* | wet reeds and frogs |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent reed=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She's hatching eggs and can't handle the drama

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:t7:o4:1
# text = She's hatching eggs and can't handle the drama
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hatching	hatch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	handle	handle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	drama	drama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hatch** | present · progressive | She | eggs |  |  |  |  | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent egg=Product |
| 2 | **not** **handle** | can | She *not said here* | the drama |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drama=Theme |

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