--- title: Bro, why did he keep smashing his clay stuff? — Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, why did he keep smashing his clay stuff? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 952 «Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor sculptor in Rome falls in love with a noble lady and carves her in marble» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/952-pg27200-part163/t2/) [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 Marble Psyche, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/952-pg27200-part163/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor scul… Bro, why did he keep smashing his clay stuff? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** keep, smash · **To what, where:** clay stuff This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 952 «Andersen's tales, The Marble Psyche, part 163: a poor sculptor in Rome falls in love with a noble lady and carves her in marble» 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/952-pg27200-part163/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t2:1 # text = Bro, why did he keep smashing his clay stuff? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 smashing smash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | he | | | | | Bro *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **smash** | gerund | he *not said here* | his clay stuff | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=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} He thought the clay was ugly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t2:o1:1 # text = He thought the clay was ugly 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think 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 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the clay | | | | | ugly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He hated clay ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t2:o2:1 # text = He hated clay 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | past | He | clay | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer clay=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} He wanted to make it bigger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t2:o3:1 # text = He wanted to make it bigger 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | it | | | | big *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He never felt his work was finished ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:952-pg27200-part163:t2:o4:1 # text = He never felt his work was finished 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **feel** | past | He | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **finish** | past · passive | | his work | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **work** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | **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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