--- title: Mate, what was the bride doing before her husband left? — Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what was the bride doing before her husband left? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/906-pg27200-part117/t5/) [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, What the Moon Saw, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/906-pg27200-part117/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon sh… Mate, what was the bride doing before her husband left? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate, bride, husband · **What happens:** be, do, leave · **To what, where:** bride This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» 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/906-pg27200-part117/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t5:1 # text = Mate, what was the bride doing before her husband left? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 7 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Mate and the bride | the bride | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the bride *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **leave** | participle | bride's husband | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Riding a camel round the walls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t5:o1:1 # text = Riding a camel round the walls 1 Riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 round round ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | gerund | | a camel | | the walls | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent camel=Theme round wall=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Writing a letter at home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t5:o2:1 # text = Writing a letter at home 1 Writing write VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | gerund | | a letter | | home | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Waving a silk veil from the tower while her maids cried ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t5:o3:1 # text = Waving a silk veil from the tower while her maids cried 1 Waving wave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | gerund | her maids *not said here* | a silk veil | | the tower | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent veil=Patient | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | her maids | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Riding a camel round the walls of the palace all morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:t5:o4:1 # text = Riding a camel round the walls of the palace all morning 1 Riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 round round ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | gerund | | a camel | | the walls of the palace | morning | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent camel=Theme round wall=Trajectory | **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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