--- title: wait, what did the boy do when he saw the bell? — Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell:… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what did the boy do when he saw the bell? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 919 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell: a cracked bell is sold, melted, and cast into a statue of a poet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/919-pg27200-part130/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, The Old Church Bell:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/919-pg27200-part130/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell: a cracked bell is s… wait, what did the boy do when he saw the bell? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, boy · **What happens:** wait, do, see · **To what, where:** bell This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 919 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell: a cracked bell is sold, melted, and cast into a statue of a poet» 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/919-pg27200-part130/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:t5:1 # text = wait, what did the boy do when he saw the bell? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | boy | the bell | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bell=Stimulus | 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} He kissed it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:t5:o1:1 # text = He kissed it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kiss** | past | He | it | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He wept, bowed his head, and kissed the cold metal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:t5:o2:1 # text = He wept, bowed his head, and kissed the cold metal 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | He | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bow** | past | He *not said here* | his head | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic | | 3 | **kiss** | past | He *not said here* | the cold metal | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metal=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He touched it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:t5:o3:1 # text = He touched it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | past | He | it | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He bowed his head and knelt before it in silence ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:t5:o4:1 # text = He bowed his head and knelt before it in silence 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 knelt kneel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bow** | past | He | his head | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic | | 2 | **kneel** | participle | He *not said here* | | | silence | before head | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before it=Location | **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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