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title: why did the lake want her eyes, like what's the deal? — Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mothe… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did the lake want her eyes, like what's the deal? Test 6 · ★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother, part 206: a mothe…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
why did the lake want her eyes, like what's the deal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lake · **What happens:** want, be · **To what, where:** eyes

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t6:1
# text = why did the lake want her eyes, like what's the deal?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past · do-support | the lake | lake's eyes |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot eye=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | like the deal | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To make pearls out of them and to sell them in the markets of the far city

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t6:o1:1
# text = To make pearls out of them and to sell them in the markets of the far city
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sell	sell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | pearls |  |  |  | out pearls *= pearl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pearl=Product |
| 2 | **sell** | to-infinitive |  | pearls *= pearl* |  | the markets of the far city |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **market** |  |  | the far city |  |  |  |  | nom market «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To make pearls out of them, so that the lake can wear them as a crown forever

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t6:o2:1
# text = To make pearls out of them, so that the lake can wear them as a crown forever
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | pearls |  |  |  | out pearls *= pearl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pearl=Product |
| 2 | **wear** | can | the lake | pearls *= pearl* |  |  |  | as a crown; forever *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To make pearls out of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t6:o3:1
# text = To make pearls out of them
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | pearls |  |  |  | out pearls *= pearl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pearl=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To freeze them solid there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:995-pg27200-part206:t6:o4:1
# text = To freeze them solid there
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  | there |  | solid *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result |

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