--- title: sus, what saying did the smart men write down? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics description: sus, what saying did the smart men write down? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 890 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/890-pg27200-part101/t8/) [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 Marsh King…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/890-pg27200-part101/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10… sus, what saying did the smart men write down? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sus · **What happens:** say, write down · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 890 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers» 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/890-pg27200-part101/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:t8:1 # text = sus, what saying did the smart men write down? 1 sus sus NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 4 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 csubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 2 | **write down** | past · do-support | sus | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} love is a life-giver for the sick lord lying in the hall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:t8:o1:1 # text = love is a life-giver for the sick lord lying in the hall 1 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 giver giver NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | love | a life giver | | | | for the sick lord | tree rules | | 2 | **lie** | gerund | the sick lord *not said here* | | | the hall | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} blood is a life-giver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:t8:o2:1 # text = blood is a life-giver 1 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 giver giver NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | blood | a life giver | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} love is a life-giver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:t8:o3:1 # text = love is a life-giver 1 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 giver giver NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | love | a life giver | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} love is a life-giver, as the learned men wrote on the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:t8:o4:1 # text = love is a life-giver, as the learned men wrote on the wall 1 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 giver giver NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | love | a life giver | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **learn** | participle | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **write** | past | the learned men | | | the wall | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on wall=Destination | **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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