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title: Was the soap-man a proper grump or a merry old geezer? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the soap-man a proper grump or a merry old geezer? Test 6 · ★ 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 of the questi
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mot…

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Was the soap-man a proper grump or a merry old geezer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** soap man

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:t6:1
# text = Was the soap-man a proper grump or a merry old geezer?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	grump	grump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	merry	merry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	geezer	geezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the soap man |  |  |  |  | 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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Grumpy, always stuck at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:t6:o1:1
# text = Grumpy, always stuck at home
1	Grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Merry, always wandering about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:t6:o2:1
# text = Merry, always wandering about
1	Merry	Merry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | Merry |  |  |  |  | about, always *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Merry, always wandering about the garden and singing to the roses all day long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:t6:o3:1
# text = Merry, always wandering about the garden and singing to the roses all day long
1	Merry	Merry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | Merry |  |  |  |  | about the garden; always *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about garden=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | Merry *not said here* |  | the roses |  | day | long *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to rose=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A proper grump at first, but merry, always wandering about the fields and lanes

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:t6:o4:1
# text = A proper grump at first, but merry, always wandering about the fields and lanes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	grump	grump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	merry	merry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	lanes	lane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about the fields and lanes; always *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about field=Stimulus |

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