Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 234: Eliza sp…

did the king just grab her off her horse?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, grab · To what, where: king, her

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1023 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Wild Swans, part 234: Eliza spins nettles in silence, is taken to the king's castle, and is made queen while she still cannot speak.» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 did	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 grab	advmod
5	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 king	parataxis
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 grab	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	9 horse	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 horse	nmod:poss
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grab	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the king					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality
2	grab	infinitive		her = she				off her horse	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme off horse=Source

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, he grabbed her and tossed her across his saddle when she screamed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 grabbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 grabbed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	nsubj
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grabbed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tossed	cc
7	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grabbed	conj
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tossed	obj
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 saddle	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 saddle	nmod:poss
11	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tossed	obl
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 screamed	advmod
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 screamed	nsubj
14	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grabbed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	grab	past	he	her = she		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	toss	past	he not said here	her = she	his saddle	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
3	scream speech: express	past	she			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

nah, he gently lifted her onto his own horse and rode off to the castle

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 lifted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lifted	nsubj
4	gently	gently	ADV	_	5 lifted	advmod
5	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lifted	obj
7	onto	onto	ADP	_	10 horse	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 horse	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 horse	amod
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lifted	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 rode	cc
12	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lifted	conj
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 rode	compound:prt
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 castle	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 castle	det
16	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	he	her = she				onto his own horse; gently property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme onto horse=Destination
2	ride off	past	he not said here			the castle			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to castle=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

nah, he lifted her onto his own horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 lifted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lifted	nsubj
4	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lifted	obj
6	onto	onto	ADP	_	9 horse	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 horse	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 horse	amod
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lifted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	he	her = she				onto his own horse	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme onto horse=Destination

Option 4

nah, she jumped on by herself, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 jumped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 jumped	nsubj
4	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 jumped	compound:prt
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 herself	case
7	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 jumped	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 jumped	punct
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jumped	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump on	past	she					by herself = she; mate vocative	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by herself=Trajectory

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