--- title: so what did the nobleman do for the old lady? — Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Ri… · tree and pragmatics description: so what did the nobleman do for the old lady? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 959 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170: the old willow, the flute and the proud party» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/959-pg27200-part170/t9/) [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, Everything in Its Ri…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/959-pg27200-part170/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170:… so what did the nobleman do for the old lady? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nobleman · **What happens:** do This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 959 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170: the old willow, the flute and the proud party» 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/959-pg27200-part170/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:t9:1 # text = so what did the nobleman do for the old lady? 1 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 nobleman nobleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | the nobleman | | | | | for the old lady | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} went downstairs to save her the long walk up the hill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:t9:o1:1 # text = went downstairs to save her the long walk up the hill 1 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 downstairs downstairs ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 up up ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | | | | | downstairs *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | | the long walk | her *= she* | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary walk=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} went to see her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:t9:o2:1 # text = went to see her 1 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | her *= she* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} went downstairs himself to save her the walk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:t9:o3:1 # text = went downstairs himself to save her the walk 1 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 downstairs downstairs ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | himself *= he* | | | | downstairs *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | | the walk | her *= she* | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary walk=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} went downstairs to save her the walk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:t9:o4:1 # text = went downstairs to save her the walk 1 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 downstairs downstairs ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | | | | | downstairs *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | | the walk | her *= she* | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary walk=Theme | **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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