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title: Sorted, what was it the robber-girl said she'd kept back for herself? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sorted, what was it the robber-girl said she'd kept back for herself? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 984 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 195: Gerda rides the reindeer north to Finland and is left alone in the snow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 15 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 195: Gerda ri…

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Sorted, what was it the robber-girl said she'd kept back for herself?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robber girl, girl · **What happens:** sort, be, say, keep back · **To what, where:** it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 984 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 195: Gerda rides the reindeer north to Finland and is left alone in the snow» 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/984-pg27200-part195/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:t15:1
# text = Sorted, what was it the robber-girl said she'd kept back for herself?
1	Sorted	sort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	ccomp	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the robber girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **keep back** | past · perfect | girl |  |  |  |  | for girl | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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the gloves, since they're warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:t15:o1:1
# text = the gloves, since they're warm
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | gloves *= glove* | the gloves *not said here* |  |  |  | warm *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the muff, because it's so pretty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:t15:o2:1
# text = the muff, because it's so pretty
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	muff	muff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | muff | the muff *not said here* |  |  |  | pretty *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot muff=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the muff, because it's so pretty and warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:t15:o3:1
# text = the muff, because it's so pretty and warm
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	muff	muff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the muff |  |  |  |  | pretty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the muff *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the fine silver muff, because she loved it dearly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:t15:o4:1
# text = the fine silver muff, because she loved it dearly
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	muff	muff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	dearly	dearly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | she | muff |  |  |  | dearly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

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