--- title: deadass, did the old couple want him to stay? — Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228:… · tree and pragmatics description: deadass, did the old couple want him to stay? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1017 «Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228: Knud sees Joanna sing at the opera, then sets out north over the mountains» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1017-pg27200-part228/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1017-pg27200-part228/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228: Knud sees Joanna si… deadass, did the old couple want him to stay? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deadass, old couple · **What happens:** do, want, stay · **To what, where:** deadass This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1017 «Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228: Knud sees Joanna sing at the opera, then sets out north over the mountains» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1017-pg27200-part228/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1017-pg27200-part228:t7:1 # text = deadass, did the old couple want him to stay? 1 deadass deadass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | deadass | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | the old couple | deadass | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | deadass *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} No, they wanted him to leave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1017-pg27200-part228:t7:o1:1 # text = No, they wanted him to leave 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | they | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, they begged him to chill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1017-pg27200-part228:t7:o2:1 # text = Yeah, they begged him to chill 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 chill chill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | they | | him *= he* | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **chill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, they begged him to stay the whole winter and rest longer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1017-pg27200-part228:t7:o3:1 # text = Yeah, they begged him to stay the whole winter and rest longer 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 13 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | they | | him *= he* | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | winter | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **rest** | infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, they asked him to wait ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1017-pg27200-part228:t7:o4:1 # text = Yes, they asked him to wait 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | they | | him *= he* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **wait** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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