--- title: no way, what was the mum doing on the water lilies? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics description: no way, what was the mum doing on the water lilies? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 894 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter: Helga is freed and finds her mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/894-pg27200-part105/t4/) [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/894-pg27200-part105/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter: Helga i… no way, what was the mum doing on the water lilies? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** way, mum · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** mum, water lilies This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 894 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter: Helga is freed and finds her mother» 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/894-pg27200-part105/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:894-pg27200-part105:t4:1 # text = no way, what was the mum doing on the water lilies? 1 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | no way | the mum | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the mum *not said here* | | | the water lilies | | | vn act-114-1 «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} just lying there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:894-pg27200-part105:t4:o1:1 # text = just lying there 1 just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | gerund | | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} just sleeping there with her eyes closed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:894-pg27200-part105:t4:o2:1 # text = just sleeping there with her eyes closed 1 just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | there | | with her eyes | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **close** | participle | | her eyes *not said here* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} just sleeping there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:894-pg27200-part105:t4:o3:1 # text = just sleeping there 1 just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | there | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} still floating there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:894-pg27200-part105:t4:o4:1 # text = still floating there 1 still still ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 floating float VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | gerund | | | | there | still | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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