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title: Bruv, what did she write her message on, since she had no paper? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what did she write her message on, since she had no paper? Test 4 · ★ 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 pragmatics 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 195: Gerda ri…

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Bruv, what did she write her message on, since she had no paper?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv · **What happens:** write, have · **To what, where:** message, paper

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:t4:1
# text = Bruv, what did she write her message on, since she had no paper?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past · do-support | Bruv | Bruv's message |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient message=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | past | Bruv | no paper |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Patient |

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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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a dried stock-fish from the lovely sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:t4:o1:1
# text = a dried stock-fish from the lovely sea
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
3	stock	stock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a bit of birch bark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:t4:o2:1
# text = a bit of birch bark
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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a dried stock-fish she found

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:t4:o3:1
# text = a dried stock-fish she found
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
3	stock	stock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | past | fish | a dried stock fish *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Topic |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a dried stock-fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:t4:o4:1
# text = a dried stock-fish
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
3	stock	stock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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