--- title: the snowman says innocent wishes always come true, right? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man,… · tree and pragmatics description: the snowman says innocent wishes always come true, right? Test 14 · ★ 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 and pragmatics of the question and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/977-pg27200-part188/t14/) [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 Snow Man,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/977-pg27200-part188/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man, part 188: a thaw com… the snowman says innocent wishes always come true, right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** snowman, innocent wishes · **What happens:** say, come · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ 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. 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t14:1 # text = the snowman says innocent wishes always come true, right? 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snowman snowman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 right right INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the snowman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | present | innocent wishes | | | | | always, true *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «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} yeah, they are sure to be fulfilled one day soon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t14:o1:1 # text = yeah, they are sure to be fulfilled one day soon 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | they | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fulfil** | to-infinitive · passive | they *not said here* | | | | day | soon *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yeah, they are sure to be fulfilled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t14:o2:1 # text = yeah, they are sure to be fulfilled 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | they | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fulfil** | to-infinitive · passive | they *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} nah, they are never granted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t14:o3:1 # text = nah, they are never granted 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **grant** | present · passive | | they | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, they are rarely fulfilled by anyone in the world ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t14:o4:1 # text = nah, they are rarely fulfilled by anyone in the world 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 rarely rarely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fulfil** | present · passive | anyone | they | | | | rarely *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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