--- title: why did the ladies stand in a row, for real? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd:… · tree and pragmatics description: why did the ladies stand in a row, for real? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 997 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the prince's pot, the rattle and the kisses» 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/997-pg27200-part208/t7/) [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, The Swineherd:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/997-pg27200-part208/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the prince's pot, t… why did the ladies stand in a row, for real? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ladies · **What happens:** stand · **To what, where:** row This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 997 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the prince's pot, the rattle and the kisses» 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/997-pg27200-part208/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:t7:1 # text = why did the ladies stand in a row, for real? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past · do-support | the ladies | | | a row | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in row=Location | 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} to guard the gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:t7:o1:1 # text = to guard the gate 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 guard guard VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | to-infinitive | | the gate | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} to sing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:t7:o2:1 # text = to sing 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sing sing VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} to hide the kisses ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:t7:o3:1 # text = to hide the kisses 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kisses kiss NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive | | the kisses | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kiss=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} to see ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:t7:o4:1 # text = to see 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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