--- title: How many times did the lad shout before he chucked it? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could Bu… · tree and pragmatics description: How many times did the lad shout before he chucked it? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 102 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a simple boy is sent to learn shivering and throws a ghost down the stairs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/102-pg11027-part5/t8/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could Bu…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/102-pg11027-part5/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a… How many times did the lad shout before he chucked it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lad · **What happens:** shout, chuck · **To what, where:** it This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 102 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Oh, If I Could But Shiver!, part 1: a simple boy is sent to learn shivering and throws a ghost down the stairs» 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/102-pg11027-part5/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t8:1 # text = How many times did the lad shout before he chucked it? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 shout shout VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 chucked chuck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past · do-support | the lad | | | | time | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **chuck** | past | lad | it | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} three ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t8:o1:1 # text = three 1 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} four ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t8:o2:1 # text = four 1 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} three times, then once more ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t8:o3:1 # text = three times, then once more 1 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 0 root _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} three times before he was too afraid ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:102-pg11027-part5:t8:o4:1 # text = three times before he was too afraid 1 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 before before SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | time | afraid *property* | tree rules | **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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