--- title: Was she like, begging Death for mercy, bruv? — Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mothe… · tree and pragmatics description: Was she like, begging Death for mercy, bruv? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 996 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother: Death carries off the child» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/996-pg27200-part207/t14/) [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 Tales, The Story of a Mothe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/996-pg27200-part207/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother: Death carries off… Was she like, begging Death for mercy, bruv? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** be, beg · **To what, where:** Death This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 996 «Andersen's Tales, The Story of a Mother: Death carries off the child» 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/996-pg27200-part207/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:996-pg27200-part207:t14:1 # text = Was she like, begging Death for mercy, bruv? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 6 Death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | like *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | she *not said here* | Death | | | | for mercy and bruv | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent death=Recipient for mercy=Topic | 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} Nah, she was calm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:996-pg27200-part207:t14:o1:1 # text = Nah, she was calm 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | calm *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, she was weeping and begging ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:996-pg27200-part207:t14:o2:1 # text = Yeah, she was weeping and begging 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past · progressive | she | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, she was ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:996-pg27200-part207:t14:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she was 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | she | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, she was laughing at him, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:996-pg27200-part207:t14:o4:1 # text = Nah, she was laughing at him, mate 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 laughing laugh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past · progressive | she | | | | | at him *= he*; mate *vocative* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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