--- title: Was Kay scared when the snowflake lady waved? — Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Was Kay scared when the snowflake lady waved? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 978 «Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts, the mirror shatters, Kay and Gerda meet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/978-pg27200-part189/t9/) [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 tales, The Snow Queen, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/978-pg27200-part189/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts… Was Kay scared when the snowflake lady waved? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, wave · **To what, where:** Kay This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 978 «Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts, the mirror shatters, Kay and Gerda meet» 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/978-pg27200-part189/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:t9:1 # text = Was Kay scared when the snowflake lady waved? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 2 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 snowflake snowflake NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 waved wave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Kay | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wave** | participle · passive | | Kay | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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, he jumped off the chair and ran off, proper scared of her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:t9:o1:1 # text = yeah, he jumped off the chair and ran off, proper scared of her 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 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 off off ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump off** | past | he | the chair | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chair=Trajectory | | 2 | **run off** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, he went white and froze up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:t9:o2:1 # text = yeah, he went white and froze up 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 froze freeze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | he | | | | | white *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **freeze up** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, he just waved back at her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:t9:o3:1 # text = nah, he just waved back at her 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 waved wave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave back** | past | he | | | | | at her *= she* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at she=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah, he jumped off the chair, proper scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:t9:o4:1 # text = yeah, he jumped off the chair, proper scared 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 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump off** | past | he | the chair | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chair=Trajectory | **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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