Test 13 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees…

why'd the husband take her by the hand?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: husband · What happens: take · To what, where: her

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1546 «Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees death, but the voice still finds his family» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 take	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 take	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 husband	det
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	nsubj
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 take	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 hand	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hand	det
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	infinitive	the husband		her = she			by the hand	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination

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

to lead her to bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 lead	mark
2	lead	lead	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lead	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 bed	case
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lead	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	to-infinitive		her = she		bed			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bed=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

to stop her running off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 stop	mark
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stop	obj
4	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stop	xcomp
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 running	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive		her = she					tree rules
2	run off	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

to stop her running off to the door and out into the street

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 stop	mark
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stop	obj
4	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stop	xcomp
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 running	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 door	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 running	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 out	cc
10	out	out	ADV	_	2 stop	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 street	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 street	det
13	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 out	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive		her = she					tree rules
2	run off	gerund						to the door result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to door=Result

Option 4

to comfort her in fear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 comfort	mark
2	comfort	comfort	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 comfort	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 fear	case
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comfort	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comfort	to-infinitive		her = she		fear			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

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