--- title: what's a "litter" then, mate? — Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, p… · tree and pragmatics description: what's a "litter" then, mate? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 907 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 118: the Moon shows a guilty girl, a boy at a spinning wheel, a mother's belief, and a chimney sweep's first sunrise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/907-pg27200-part118/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 Tales, What the Moon Saw, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/907-pg27200-part118/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 118: the Moon sh… what's a "litter" then, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** litter This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 907 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 118: the Moon shows a guilty girl, a boy at a spinning wheel, a mother's belief, and a chimney sweep's first sunrise» 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/907-pg27200-part118/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:t8:1 # text = what's a "litter" then, mate? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 litter litter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a litter and mate | | | then | | tree rules | 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} a closed chair held up by servants ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:t8:o1:1 # text = a closed chair held up by servants 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **hold up** | participle | | a closed chair *not said here* | | | | by servants | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 {#o2} a covered chair carried on poles by two strong servants ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:t8:o2:1 # text = a covered chair carried on poles by two strong servants 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 9 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **carry** | participle | | a covered chair *not said here* | | poles | | by two strong servants | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a covered chair carried on poles by servants ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:t8:o3:1 # text = a covered chair carried on poles by servants 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **carry** | participle | | a covered chair *not said here* | | poles | | by servants | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} a covered chair carried on long poles by servants through the crowded streets ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:t8:o4:1 # text = a covered chair carried on long poles by servants through the crowded streets 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 crowded crowded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **carry** | participle | | a covered chair *not said here* | | long poles | | by servants; through the crowded streets | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: 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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