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title: what was the thing she shouted, the big cry? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes:… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was the thing she shouted, the big cry? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 958 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes: Karen repents, serves the pastor's family, and dies at peace in church» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes: Karen repents, serv…

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what was the thing she shouted, the big cry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** be, shout · **To what, where:** thing

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 958 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes: Karen repents, serves the pastor's family, and dies at peace in church» 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/958-pg27200-part169/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:958-pg27200-part169:t8:1
# text = what was the thing she shouted, the big cry?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the thing and the big cry |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | she | the thing and the big cry *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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"O God! Forgive me, I have sinned against you!"

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*Sentence 1:* "O God!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:958-pg27200-part169:t8:o1:1
# text = "O God!
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Forgive me, I have sinned against you!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:958-pg27200-part169:t8:o1:2
# text = Forgive me, I have sinned against you!"
1	Forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	sinned	sin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | imperative | you *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 2 | **sin** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | against you | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against you=Maleficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Mercy, Lord, help!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:958-pg27200-part169:t8:o2:1
# text = "Mercy, Lord, help!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"O God! help me!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:958-pg27200-part169:t8:o3:1
# text = "O God! help me!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** *in a quote* | infinitive | God |  | me |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Save me, Lord!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:958-pg27200-part169:t8:o4:1
# text = "Save me, Lord!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | me |  |  |  | Lord *obl* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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