--- title: how did the snowman feel about the stove, like honest? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man,… · tree and pragmatics description: how did the snowman feel about the stove, like honest? Test 4 · ★ 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 optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/977-pg27200-part188/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man, part 188: a thaw com… how did the snowman feel about the stove, like honest? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** snowman · **What happens:** feel This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t4:1 # text = how did the snowman feel about the stove, like honest? 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snowman snowman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past · do-support | the snowman | | | | | about the stove | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about stove=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 {#o1} he wanted to leave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t4:o1:1 # text = he wanted to leave 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} he hated it deeply ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t4:o2:1 # text = he hated it deeply 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | past | he | it | | | | deeply *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he wanted it so bad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t4:o3:1 # text = he wanted it so bad 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | it | | | | bad *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} he wanted it so bad he could feel the heat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t4:o4:1 # text = he wanted it so bad he could feel the heat 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | it | | | | bad *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 2 | **feel** | could | he | the heat | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme | **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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