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title: so what happened to the ice, like, in the end? — Andersen, Something, part 199: the cri… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what happened to the ice, like, in the end? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 988 «Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's gate, and old Margaret's burning bed saves the skaters» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's…

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so what happened to the ice, like, in the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen · **To what, where:** end

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 988 «Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's gate, and old Margaret's burning bed saves the skaters» 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/988-pg27200-part199/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:t4:1
# text = so what happened to the ice, like, in the end?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  | in the end | to the ice | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in end=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 {#o1}

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everyone skated off safely to the village shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:t4:o1:1
# text = everyone skated off safely to the village shore
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
2	skated	skate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skate off** | participle |  |  |  | the village shore |  | safely *property* | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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it broke into a thousand bits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:t4:o2:1
# text = it broke into a thousand bits
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | it |  |  |  |  | into thousand bits *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into bit=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the angel carried the whole frozen lake up into the clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:t4:o3:1
# text = the angel carried the whole frozen lake up into the clouds
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	angel	angel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the angel | the whole frozen lake |  | the clouds |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Theme |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the skaters all got away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:988-pg27200-part199:t4:o4:1
# text = the skaters all got away
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	skaters	skater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get away** | past | the skaters |  |  |  |  | all, away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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