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title: the mom ran outside screaming for her kid, right? — Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mothe… · tree and pragmatics
description: the mom ran outside screaming for her kid, right? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 995 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother, part 206: a mother follows Death and pays a price» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother, part 206: a mothe…

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the mom ran outside screaming for her kid, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mom · **What happens:** run, scream

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 995 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother, part 206: a mother follows Death and pays a price» 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/995-pg27200-part206/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t10:1
# text = the mom ran outside screaming for her kid, right?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the mom |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | the mom *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for mom's kid | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for kid=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

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Yeah, calling for her child through the snow, past every house on the lake shore

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t10:o1:1
# text = Yeah, calling for her child through the snow, past every house on the lake shore
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	past	past	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  | the snow |  | for her child | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for child=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, screaming down the lane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t10:o2:1
# text = Yeah, screaming down the lane
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | down the lane | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, calling for her child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t10:o3:1
# text = Yeah, calling for her child
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for her child | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for child=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she ran out crying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t10:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she ran out crying
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run out** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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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