--- title: Did the glove think it was a big deal? — Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper,… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the glove think it was a big deal? Test 4 · ★ 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 question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/930-pg27200-part141/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explai… Did the glove think it was a big deal? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** glove · **What happens:** think, be · **To what, where:** big deal · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t4:1 # text = Did the glove think it was a big deal? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 glove glove NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the glove | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | glove | a big deal | | | | | 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 {#o1} Facts, it said it had no other reason to live ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t4:o1:1 # text = Facts, it said it had no other reason to live 1 Facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 8 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | it | Facts | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | it | no other reason | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | | 3 | **live** | to-infinitive | | no other reason *not said here* | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Facts, it said it had nothing else to live for and that the hand squeezed it out of pure love and sadness forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t4:o2:1 # text = Facts, it said it had nothing else to live for and that the hand squeezed it out of pure love and sadness forever 1 Facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 obj _ _ 8 else else ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 10 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 squeezed squeeze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 out out ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 sadness sadness NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 forever forever ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | it | Facts | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | it | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 3 | **live** | to-infinitive | | nothing *not said here* | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **squeeze** | past | the hand | it | | pure love and sadness | | forever *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme out love=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Facts, it said it had nothing else to live for ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t4:o3:1 # text = Facts, it said it had nothing else to live for 1 Facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 obj _ _ 8 else else ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | it | it | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | Facts | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 3 | **live** | to-infinitive | Facts *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, it said it was a pressure of the hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t4:o4:1 # text = Yeah, it said it was a pressure of the hand 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pressure pressure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | it | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | a pressure | | | | of the hand | 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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