--- title: lol the dog kept barking "away away," did he mean it? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man,… · tree and pragmatics description: lol the dog kept barking "away away," did he mean it? Test 7 · ★ 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 option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/977-pg27200-part188/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Man, part 188: a thaw com… lol the dog kept barking "away away," did he mean it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** keep, bark away, mean · **To what, where:** it This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t7:1 # text = lol the dog kept barking "away away," did he mean it? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 barking bark VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the dog | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bark away** | gerund | the dog *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mean** | past · do-support | dog | it | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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} yeah, he meant come here ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t7:o1:1 # text = yeah, he meant come here 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 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 6 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | he | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** *not said to happen* | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yeah, he meant go away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t7:o2:1 # text = yeah, he meant go away 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 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | he | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go away** *not said to happen* | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, he was just playing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t7:o3:1 # text = nah, he was just playing 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past · progressive | he | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, he meant go away from the garden wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:977-pg27200-part188:t7:o4:1 # text = yeah, he meant go away from the garden wall 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 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | he | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go away** *not said to happen* | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | the garden wall | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from wall=Initial\_Location | **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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