--- title: Wait, what did the driver do when Kay tried to let go of the rope? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what did the driver do when Kay tried to let go of the rope? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 979 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda searches for him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/979-pg27200-part190/t10/) [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 Queen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/979-pg27200-part190/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is c… Wait, what did the driver do when Kay tried to let go of the rope? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Kay · **What happens:** wait, do, try, let, go · **To what, where:** driver This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 979 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda searches for him» 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/979-pg27200-part190/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:979-pg27200-part190:t10:1 # text = Wait, what did the driver do when Kay tried to let go of the rope? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | | the driver | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent driver=Eventuality | | 3 | **try** | present · do-support | Kay | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Kay *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | Kay *not said here* | | | | | of the rope | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of rope=Initial\_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} frowned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:979-pg27200-part190:t10:o1:1 # text = frowned 1 frowned frown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frown** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} whipped the horses ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:979-pg27200-part190:t10:o2:1 # text = whipped the horses 1 whipped whip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whip** | past | | the horses | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent horse=Material | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} turned away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:979-pg27200-part190:t10:o3:1 # text = turned away 1 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn away** | participle | | | | | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} nodded again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:979-pg27200-part190:t10:o4:1 # text = nodded again 1 nodded nod VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 again again ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nod** | participle | | | | | again | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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