--- title: Wait, did the shadow tell him to go on a trip? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, did the shadow tell him to go on a trip? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 972 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 183: the shadow tells how it became a man, then invites the scholar on a journey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/972-pg27200-part183/t7/) [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 Shadow, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/972-pg27200-part183/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 183: the shadow t… Wait, did the shadow tell him to go on a trip? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, shadow · **What happens:** wait, tell, go · **To what, where:** him, trip · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 972 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 183: the shadow tells how it became a man, then invites the scholar on a journey» 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/972-pg27200-part183/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:t7:1 # text = Wait, did the shadow tell him to go on a trip? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the shadow | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the shadow *not said here* | | | a trip | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on trip=Location | 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} Yep, a watering place trip, the shadow said it was needed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:t7:o1:1 # text = Yep, a watering place trip, the shadow said it was needed 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 watering watering ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the shadow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **need** | past · passive | | shadow | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nope, a mountain hike trip ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:t7:o2:1 # text = Nope, a mountain hike trip 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 hike hike NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Yep, it told him to go on a long watering place trip with it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:t7:o3:1 # text = Yep, it told him to go on a long watering place trip with it 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 watering watering NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | it | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | a long place trip with trip | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on trip=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yep, a watering place trip ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:t7:o4:1 # text = Yep, a watering place trip 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 watering watering ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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