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title: Which of the following describes the Snow Man's principal desire in… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the Snow Man's principal desire in this part of the narrative? Exam question 1 of lesson 977 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man, part 188: a thaw comes, and the Snow Man longs for the stove» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man, part 188: a thaw com…

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Which of the following describes the Snow Man's principal desire in this part of the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Snow Man · **What happens:** follow, describe, desire · **To what, where:** principal desire, part

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 977 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man, part 188: a thaw comes, and the Snow Man longs for the stove» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/977-pg27200-part188/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the Snow Man's principal desire in this part of the narrative?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Snow	Snow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Man	Man	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the Snow Man's principal desire |  | this part of the narrative |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent desire=Theme |
| 3 | **desire** |  | the Snow Man |  |  | this part of the narrative |  |  | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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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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to run away from the garden and find the girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:e1:o1:1
# text = to run away from the garden and find the girl
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the garden |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from garden=Trajectory |
| 2 | **find** | infinitive |  | the girl |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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to approach and lean against the stove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:e1:o2:1
# text = to approach and lean against the stove
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	approach	approach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	lean	lean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **approach** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lean** | infinitive |  |  |  | the stove |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against stove=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to approach and lean against the warm stove at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:e1:o3:1
# text = to approach and lean against the warm stove at once
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	approach	approach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	lean	lean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **approach** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lean** | infinitive |  |  |  | the warm stove |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against stove=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to stand near the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:e1:o4:1
# text = to stand near the window
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the window |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near window=Location |

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