--- title: What did George say, like thanking her? — Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What did George say, like thanking her? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 946 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes back, asks for Emily's hand, and is refused» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/946-pg27200-part157/t6/) [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 Porter's Son, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/946-pg27200-part157/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes… What did George say, like thanking her? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** George · **What happens:** say, thank · **To what, where:** George · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 946 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes back, asks for Emily's hand, and is refused» 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/946-pg27200-part157/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t6:1 # text = What did George say, like thanking her? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 like like SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 thanking thank VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | George | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund | George *not said here* | | George | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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} Thank you ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t6:o1:1 # text = Thank you 1 Thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | | | you | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Thanks for being kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t6:o2:1 # text = Thanks for being kind 1 Thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 for for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | Thanks *not said here* | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Thanks, Emily ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t6:o3:1 # text = Thanks, Emily 1 Thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Emily Emily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Thanks for helping my mum ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t6:o4:1 # text = Thanks for helping my mum 1 Thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 for for SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 helping help VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | gerund | Thanks *not said here* | | my mum | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Beneficiary | **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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