--- title: why was she thinking about her shoes in church instead of praying? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes,… · tree and pragmatics description: why was she thinking about her shoes in church instead of praying? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 957 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 168: Karen dances in her red shoes and cannot stop» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/957-pg27200-part168/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 Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/957-pg27200-part168/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 168: Karen dan… why was she thinking about her shoes in church instead of praying? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** think, pray This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 957 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 168: Karen dances in her red shoes and cannot stop» 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/957-pg27200-part168/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:957-pg27200-part168:t6:1 # text = why was she thinking about her shoes in church instead of praying? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 12 mark _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 praying pray VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | she | | | | | about her shoes in church | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about shoe=Topic | | 2 | **pray** | gerund | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 {#o1} they were all she could think about since the dancing and the ball ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:957-pg27200-part168:t6:o1:1 # text = they were all she could think about since the dancing and the ball 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 since since ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think about** *speech: other* | could · past | they | | | | since the dancing and the ball | about, all *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} she was thinking of the ball ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:957-pg27200-part168:t6:o2:1 # text = she was thinking of the ball 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | she | | | | | of the ball | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} she could not stop looking at them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:957-pg27200-part168:t6:o3:1 # text = she could not stop looking at them 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stop** | could | she | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **look** | gerund | she *not said here* | | | | | at them *= they* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} they were all she could think about ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:957-pg27200-part168:t6:o4:1 # text = they were all she could think about 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think about** *speech: other* | could · past | they | | | | | about, all *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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