--- title: Ngl, the storks standin' on one leg is well weird, yeah? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sa… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, the storks standin' on one leg is well weird, yeah? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 992 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mouse's adventures end in a wedding and a critics' complaint, then storks appear on a roof» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/992-pg27200-part203/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/992-pg27200-part203/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mo… Ngl, the storks standin' on one leg is well weird, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** be This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 992 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mouse's adventures end in a wedding and a critics' complaint, then storks appear on a roof» 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/992-pg27200-part203/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t10:1 # text = Ngl, the storks standin' on one leg is well weird, yeah? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 storks stork NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 compound _ _ 5 standin standin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ngl | | | | | weird, well *property* | tree rules | 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} Yeah, the father stork stood still like wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t10:o1:1 # text = Yeah, the father stork stood still like wood 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the father stork | | | | still | like wood | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he stayed still, like a statue for hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t10:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he stayed still, like a statue for hours 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | he | | | | still; hour | like a statue | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, he stood like a statue there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t10:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he stood like a statue there 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | he | | | there | | like a statue | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, the father stork stood still like wood on the roof for hours and hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:t10:o4:1 # text = Yeah, the father stork stood still like wood on the roof for hours and hours 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the father stork | | | the roof | still; hour | like wood | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=Location | **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. 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