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title: the coachman steered by the trees, why was that? — Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113:… · tree and pragmatics
description: the coachman steered by the trees, why was that? Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmatics
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a g…

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the coachman steered by the trees, why was that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** steer, be · **To what, where:** coachman, that

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t8:1
# text = the coachman steered by the trees, why was that?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coachman	coachman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	steered	steer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steer** | participle |  | the coachman *not said here* |  |  |  | by the trees | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by tree=Destination |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | that |  |  |  |  | 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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To find the road in snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t8:o1:1
# text = To find the road in snow
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | the road |  | snow |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To keep the horses calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t8:o2:1
# text = To keep the horses calm
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | the horses |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To avoid the sea when snow hid the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t8:o3:1
# text = To avoid the sea when snow hid the road
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | snow *not said here* | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent sea=Location |
| 2 | **hide** | past | snow | the road |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To avoid the sea when snow hid the road and the wind rose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:t8:o4:1
# text = To avoid the sea when snow hid the road and the wind rose
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | snow *not said here* | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent sea=Location |
| 2 | **hide** | past | snow | the road and the wind rose |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient |

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