--- title: So the fir tree was just chilling in the dust-cart? — Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper,… · tree and pragmatics description: So the fir tree was just chilling in the dust-cart? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 930 «Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explains the six glasses, the tree in the dust-cart, and Death's omnibus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/930-pg27200-part141/t3/) [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 tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/930-pg27200-part141/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explai… So the fir tree was just chilling in the dust-cart? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fir tree · **What happens:** chill · **To what, where:** dust cart This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 930 «Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explains the six glasses, the tree in the dust-cart, and Death's omnibus» 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/930-pg27200-part141/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t3:1 # text = So the fir tree was just chilling in the dust-cart? 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 fir fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 chilling chill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chill** | past · progressive | the fir tree | | | the dust cart | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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} Yeah, still green with tinsel and stars, and honestly kinda sad to see it lying there alone in the rubbish heap all day long ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t3:o1:1 # text = Yeah, still green with tinsel and stars, and honestly kinda sad to see it lying there alone in the rubbish heap all day long 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 tinsel tinsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 kinda kinda ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 xcomp _ _ 18 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 19 alone alone ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lie** | gerund | | | | the rubbish heap; there | day | alone *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in heap=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yep, dry and brown with no tinsel left ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t3:o2:1 # text = Yep, dry and brown with no tinsel left 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 tinsel tinsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | participle | | no tinsel *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, still green with tinsel, kinda sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t3:o3:1 # text = Yeah, still green with tinsel, kinda sad 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 tinsel tinsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 kinda kinda ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, still green but no tinsel now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t3:o4:1 # text = Yeah, still green but no tinsel now 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 tinsel tinsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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