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title: why did Gerda cry in the bedroom, like for real? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did Gerda cry in the bedroom, like for real? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 982 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crowds fail at the palace, and Gerda is smuggled into the prince's bedroom» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crow…

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why did Gerda cry in the bedroom, like for real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gerda · **What happens:** cry · **To what, where:** bedroom

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 982 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crowds fail at the palace, and Gerda is smuggled into the prince's bedroom» 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/982-pg27200-part193/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t12:1
# text = why did Gerda cry in the bedroom, like for real?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · do-support | Gerda |  |  | the bedroom |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bedroom=Location |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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she told her whole story and what the crows did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t12:o1:1
# text = she told her whole story and what the crows did
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she | her whole story |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |
| 2 | **do** | past | the crows |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she missed her grandmother and home town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t12:o2:1
# text = she missed her grandmother and home town
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | she | her grandmother and home town |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grandmother=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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she was sad that Kay had been so cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t12:o3:1
# text = she was sad that Kay had been so cold
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	Kay	Kay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past · perfect | Kay |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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she told her whole story and what the crows did, and everyone in the room was moved to tears too

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t12:o4:1
# text = she told her whole story and what the crows did, and everyone in the room was moved to tears too
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	18	nsubj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
21	too	too	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she | her whole story |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |
| 2 | **do** | past | the crows |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **move** | past · passive |  | everyone |  | tears |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to tear=Trajectory |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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