Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is…

Bro, what did the hag do when they came in?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bro, they · What happens: do, come in · To what, where: hag

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1733 «Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is refused by the Princess and becomes a swineherd» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Bro	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hag	det
6	hag	hag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 came	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 came	nsubj
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
11	in	in	ADV	_	10 came	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	Bro	the hag	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hag=Eventuality
2	do	present	Bro		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	come in	past	they		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

said "Come sit down"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Come	punct
3	Come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 said	ccomp
4	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 Come	xcomp
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 sit	compound:prt
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come in a quote	infinitive	tree rules
3	sit down in a quote	infinitive	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

said "So you have come"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
3	So	so	ADV	_	6 come	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 come	nsubj
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
6	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 said	ccomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come in a quote	present · perfect	you						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

shouted for her servants to seize them both

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 servants	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 servants	nmod:poss
4	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 shouted	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 seize	mark
6	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 shouted	advcl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 seize	obj
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 seize	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past						for her servants	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for servant=Recipient
2	seize	to-infinitive		servants = servant					tree rules

Option 4

said "So you have come, I have waited long"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
3	So	so	ADV	_	6 come	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 come	nsubj
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
6	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 said	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 waited	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 waited	nsubj
9	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 waited	aux
10	waited	wait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 said	ccomp
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 waited	advmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 waited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come in a quote	present · perfect	you	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	wait in a quote	present · perfect	I	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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