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title: Mate, what did the old soap-man stick on her to make her look fancy? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what did the old soap-man stick on her to make her look fancy? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 910 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mother is pecked to death, and her children burn their own nest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mot…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mate, what did the old soap-man stick on her to make her look fancy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** do, make, look · **To what, where:** old man stick, Mate

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 910 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mother is pecked to death, and her children burn their own nest» 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/910-pg27200-part121/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:t2:1
# text = Mate, what did the old soap-man stick on her to make her look fancy?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
7	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Mate | the old man stick |  |  |  | on her *= she* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | Mate *not said here* | Mate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | infinitive | Mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fancy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shiny leaf-gold and a red bit of his jacket, plus a fancy red comb made of cloth

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:t2:o1:1
# text = Shiny leaf-gold and a red bit of his jacket, plus a fancy red comb made of cloth
1	Shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
18	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a fancy red comb *not said here* |  |  |  | of cloth | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shiny leaf-gold and a red bit of his jacket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:t2:o2:1
# text = Shiny leaf-gold and a red bit of his jacket
1	Shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gold dust and a red bit of his hat, yeah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:t2:o3:1
# text = Gold dust and a red bit of his hat, yeah
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shiny leaf-gold all over her back and a big red bit of his jacket on her head, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:t2:o4:1
# text = Shiny leaf-gold all over her back and a big red bit of his jacket on her head, innit
1	Shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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