--- title: Ok, so what happened to their house? — Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone,… · tree and pragmatics description: Ok, so what happened to their house? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 920 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old grave-stone is remembered, and a new tale begins with an old house and a leaking dragon gutter» 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/920-pg27200-part131/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, The Old Grave-Stone,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/920-pg27200-part131/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old g… Ok, so what happened to their house? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 920 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Grave-Stone, part 131: the old grave-stone is remembered, and a new tale begins with an old house and a leaking dragon gutter» 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/920-pg27200-part131/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t8:1 # text = Ok, so what happened to their house? 1 Ok ok INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 5 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | to their house | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 {#o1} The road workers came and tore the whole old house down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t8:o1:1 # text = The road workers came and tore the whole old house down 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 workers worker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 down down ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the road workers | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tore** | past | the road workers *not said here* | the whole old house | | | | down *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The city council decided to sell it and the new owners tore it down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t8:o2:1 # text = The city council decided to sell it and the new owners tore it down 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 owners owner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 down down ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | past | the city council | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sell** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the city council *not said here* | council | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **tore down** | past | the new owners | council | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The council sold the land ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t8:o3:1 # text = The council sold the land 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | past | the council | the land | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The road guys tore it down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:920-pg27200-part131:t8:o4:1 # text = The road guys tore it down 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 guys guy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tore down** | past | the road guys | it | | | | | tree rules | **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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