Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 37: the tree is…

dude, how did the tree feel when it was carried into the sun?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tree · What happens: feel, carry · To what, where: tree, sun

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 826 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Fir Tree, part 37: the tree is thrown out and its gold star is pulled off» 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	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 feel	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 feel	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 feel	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feel	nsubj
7	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 dude	conj
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 carried	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carried	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 carried	aux:pass
11	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 feel	advcl
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 sun	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sun	det
14	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 dude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past · do-support	the tree						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	carry	past · passive		tree		the sun			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=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

happy that life was starting again, as the warm sun shone on the green yard and the birds sang

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 sang	advcl
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 starting	mark
3	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 starting	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 starting	aux
5	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 happy	advcl
6	again	again	ADV	_	5 starting	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sun	punct
8	as	as	ADP	_	11 sun	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sun	det
10	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sun	amod
11	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 starting	obl
12	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 sun	acl
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 yard	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 yard	det
15	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 yard	amod
16	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shone	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 birds	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 birds	det
19	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sun	conj
20	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	start	past · progressive	life		again	as the warm sun and the birds	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	shine	participle		the warm sun and the birds not said here		on the green yard	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on yard=Location
3	sing speech: express	past					vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

happy that life was starting again, for the spring had come and the snow had melted from the roof

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 starting	mark
3	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 starting	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 starting	aux
5	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 happy	advcl
6	again	again	ADV	_	5 starting	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 come	punct
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	12 come	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spring	det
10	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 come	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 come	aux
12	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 happy	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 melted	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 snow	det
15	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 melted	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 melted	aux
17	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 come	conj
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 roof	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 roof	det
20	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 melted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	start	past · progressive	life			again	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	come	past · perfect	the spring				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	melt	past · perfect · passive		the snow	the roof		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

happy that life was starting again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 starting	mark
3	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 starting	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 starting	aux
5	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 happy	advcl
6	again	again	ADV	_	5 starting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	past · progressive	life				again		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

glad that spring had come back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 come	mark
3	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
5	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 glad	advcl
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	past · perfect	spring						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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