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title: Did the snow-drop's brother blow bubbles from a pipe? Sick. — Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the snow-drop's brother blow bubbles from a pipe? Sick. Test 12 · ★ of lesson 980 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 191: Gerda drifts in a boat to an old woman's garden, where the roses vanish and she forgets Kay» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 191: Gerda drifts i…

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Did the snow-drop's brother blow bubbles from a pipe? Sick.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** do, sick · **To what, where:** blow bubbles, pipe

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 980 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 191: Gerda drifts in a boat to an old woman's garden, where the roses vanish and she forgets Kay» 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/980-pg27200-part191/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Did the snow-drop's brother blow bubbles from a pipe?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:980-pg27200-part191:t12:1
# text = Did the snow-drop's brother blow bubbles from a pipe?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the snow drop's blow bubbles |  | a pipe |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bubble=Eventuality |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Sick.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:980-pg27200-part191:t12:2
# text = Sick.
1	Sick	sick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sick** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he blew whistles from a flute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:980-pg27200-part191:t12:o1:1
# text = Nah, he blew whistles from a flute
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	whistles	whistle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | he | whistles |  |  |  | from a flute | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent whistle=Patient from flute=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he blew a silver flute tune that made the snow melt, mate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:980-pg27200-part191:t12:o2:1
# text = Nah, he blew a silver flute tune that made the snow melt, mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	melt	melt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | he | a silver flute tune and mate |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent tune=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | past | a silver flute tune and mate | the snow melt |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset melt=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, big bubbles that caught all the colours of the sunlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:980-pg27200-part191:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, big bubbles that caught all the colours of the sunlight
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | big bubbles | all colours of the sunlight |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, bubbles that caught the colours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:980-pg27200-part191:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, bubbles that caught the colours
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | bubbles | the colours |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Theme |

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