--- title: lowkey, why did the princess want the mad shadow gone? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: th… · tree and pragmatics description: lowkey, why did the princess want the mad shadow gone? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 973 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the princess, the learned man is executed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/973-pg27200-part184/t3/) [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: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/973-pg27200-part184/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the pr… lowkey, why did the princess want the mad shadow gone? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lowkey, princess, mad shadow · **What happens:** do, want, go This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 973 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the princess, the learned man is executed» 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/973-pg27200-part184/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:973-pg27200-part184:t3:1 # text = lowkey, why did the princess want the mad shadow gone? 1 lowkey lowkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | lowkey | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | the princess | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | participle | the mad shadow | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1} She feared his rumors spread ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:973-pg27200-part184:t3:o1:1 # text = She feared his rumors spread 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 rumors rumor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | She | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **spread** | present | his rumors | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **rumor** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom rumor «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It was cruel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:973-pg27200-part184:t3:o2:1 # text = It was cruel 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | cruel *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She thought it was policy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:973-pg27200-part184:t3:o3:1 # text = She thought it was policy 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 policy policy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | She | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | policy | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was mad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:973-pg27200-part184:t3:o4:1 # text = He was mad 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | **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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