--- title: what did the poor girl do when she sat on the grave? — Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113:… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the poor girl do when she sat on the grave? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 902 «Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a grandmother at the Louvre, a boy's death on the throne, and the people by the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/902-pg27200-part113/t11/) [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 Tales, The Moon, part 113:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/902-pg27200-part113/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a g… what did the poor girl do when she sat on the grave? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** do, sit · **To what, where:** poor girl, grave This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 902 «Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a grandmother at the Louvre, a boy's death on the throne, and the people by the sea» 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/902-pg27200-part113/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t11:1 # text = what did the poor girl do when she sat on the grave? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the poor girl | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Eventuality | | 2 | **sit** | present · do-support | girl | | | the grave | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on grave=Location | 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} Knelt, prayed, and sighed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t11:o1:1 # text = Knelt, prayed, and sighed 1 Knelt Knelt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | past | Knelt | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **sigh** | past | Knelt *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Listened, gazed, and prayed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t11:o2:1 # text = Listened, gazed, and prayed 1 Listened listen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 gazed gaze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | participle | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gaze** | participle | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pray** | past | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 3 {#o3} Listened, gazed at the sea, and prayed for her brother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t11:o3:1 # text = Listened, gazed at the sea, and prayed for her brother 1 Listened listen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 gazed gaze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | participle | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gaze** | participle | | | | | | at the sea | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sea=Theme | | 3 | **pray** | past | | | | | | for her brother | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for brother=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Sang, gazed, and wept ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t11:o4:1 # text = Sang, gazed, and wept 1 Sang Sang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gaze** | past | Sang | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **weep** | past | Sang *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: 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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