---
title: Did the baker chuck it back in her face? — Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the baker chuck it back in her face? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 975 «Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is called false and passed from hand to hand» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/975-pg27200-part186/t6/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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, The Shilling, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/975-pg27200-part186/) / t6

# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is ca…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the baker chuck it back in her face?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chuck · **What happens:** do, chuck

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 975 «Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is called false and passed from hand to hand» 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/975-pg27200-part186/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t6:1
# text = Did the baker chuck it back in her face?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	baker	baker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	chuck	chuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 | **chuck** |  | chuck |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he flung it at her and nearly hit her face with it while swearing loudly

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t6:o1:1
# text = yeah, he flung it at her and nearly hit her face with it while swearing loudly
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flung	fling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
15	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	swearing	swear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	advcl	_	_
17	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fling** | past | he | it |  |  |  | at her *= she* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at she=Destination |
| 2 | **hit** | past | he *not said here* | her face |  |  |  | with face; nearly *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent face=Patient with it=Instrument |
| 3 | **swear** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he slid it over the counter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t6:o2:1
# text = yeah, he slid it over the counter
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	slid	slide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	counter	counter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | past | he | it |  | the counter |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme over counter=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he gave it straight back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t6:o3:1
# text = nah, he gave it straight back
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | he | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he threw it almost in her face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t6:o4:1
# text = yeah, he threw it almost in her face
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | he | it |  | her face |  | almost *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in face=Destination |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 1…, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/975-pg27200-part186/t5/)
- next →: [Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 1…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/975-pg27200-part186/t7/)
- ↑ back to [Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is called false and passed from hand to hand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/975-pg27200-part186/)