--- title: what did the soldier say was delightful, even though it's sad? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House:… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the soldier say was delightful, even though it's sad? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 922 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found again in a new garden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/922-pg27200-part133/t12/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Old House:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/922-pg27200-part133/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldie… what did the soldier say was delightful, even though it's sad? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** soldier · **What happens:** do, say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 922 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found again in a new garden» 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/922-pg27200-part133/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:t12:1 # text = what did the soldier say was delightful, even though it's sad? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 even even ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 though though SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the soldier *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | the soldier | | | | | delightful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | soldier | | | | | sad *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} not to be forgotten ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:t12:o1:1 # text = not to be forgotten 1 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **forget** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} to be loved by all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:t12:o2:1 # text = to be loved by all 1 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | by all | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF» | ### Option 3 {#o3} to be remembered well ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:t12:o3:1 # text = to be remembered well 1 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | well *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING» | ### Option 4 {#o4} to be sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:t12:o4:1 # text = to be sad 1 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 cop _ _ 3 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | sad *property* | 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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