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title: wait the old woman almost fell over from a kiss? — Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait the old woman almost fell over from a kiss? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 934 «Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145: the Winds tell their travels, and the East Wind flies the prince toward paradise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145:…

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wait the old woman almost fell over from a kiss?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, old woman · **What happens:** wait, fall over · **To what, where:** kiss

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 934 «Fairy Tales by Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, part 145: the Winds tell their travels, and the East Wind flies the prince toward paradise» 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/934-pg27200-part145/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t4:1
# text = wait the old woman almost fell over from a kiss?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **fall over** | past | the old woman |  |  | a kiss |  | almost, over *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from kiss=Initial\_Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, her boy was proper rough, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah, her boy was proper rough, mate
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | her boy |  |  |  |  | properly, rough *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, her boy kissed her so roughly that she nearly fell backwards off her seat, proper rough, mate

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t4:o2:1
# text = yeah, her boy kissed her so roughly that she nearly fell backwards off her seat, proper rough, mate
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
13	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	off	off	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | past | her boy | her *= she* |  |  |  | roughly *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **fall** | past | she |  |  | her seat |  | backwards, nearly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme off seat=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it was the North Wind who knocked her over with a big gust and laughed about it, bro

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t4:o3:1
# text = nah, it was the North Wind who knocked her over with a big gust and laughed about it, bro
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Wind	Wind	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	gust	gust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | the North Wind |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **knock over** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | with a big gust | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with gust=Instrument |
| 3 | **laugh** | past |  |  |  |  |  | about gust | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, she fell over the chair, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:934-pg27200-part145:t4:o4:1
# text = nah, she fell over the chair, bro
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | she |  |  | the chair and bro |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over chair=Location |

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