Test 14 · ★ · Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the fals…

Lol, what happens after the spell breaks?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: spell · What happens: happen, break

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1155 «Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away» 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 happens	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 happens	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happens	nsubj
4	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 breaks	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spell	det
7	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 breaks	nsubj
8	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 happens	advcl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	break	present	the spell						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

She stands, while birds sing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stands	nsubj
2	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 stands	punct
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 sing	mark
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sing	nsubj
6	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stands	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stands	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	She						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sing speech: express	present	birds						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 2

She stands before him, her voice restored, and all the birds of the wood sing for joy.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stands	nsubj
2	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	before	before	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stands	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 restored	punct
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 voice	nmod:poss
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 restored	nsubj
8	restored	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stands	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 birds	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 birds	cc
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 birds	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 birds	det
13	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stands	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 sing	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sing	det
16	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sing	compound
17	sing	sing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 birds	nmod
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 joy	case
19	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sing	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stands	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	She	all birds of the wood sing for joy			before him = he		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location
2	restore	past	her voice						vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She stands there on the shore, human again, while birds sing around her for joy.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stands	nsubj
2	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 stands	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 shore	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shore	det
6	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stands	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 human	punct
8	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shore	amod
9	again	again	ADV	_	8 human	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sing	punct
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 sing	mark
12	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sing	nsubj
13	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stands	parataxis
14	around	around	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sing	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 joy	case
17	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sing	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stands	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	She			the shore; there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shore=Location
2	sing speech: express	present	birds					around her = she; for joy	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around she=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She stands there, birds singing for joy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stands	nsubj
2	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 stands	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 birds	punct
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stands	obl
6	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 birds	acl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 joy	case
8	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 singing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	She	birds		there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sing speech: express	gerund	birds not said here					for joy	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient

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