--- title: sus, what did the host's wife tell him to do? — Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Fort… · tree and pragmatics description: sus, what did the host's wife tell him to do? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 103 «Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 6: the youth fights the cats and the wild bed in the castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/103-pg11027-part6/t12/) [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 Tales, The Youth Who Went Fort…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/103-pg11027-part6/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear… sus, what did the host's wife tell him to do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sus · **What happens:** do, tell · **To what, where:** wife, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 103 «Grimm's Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 6: the youth fights the cats and the wild bed in the castle» 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/103-pg11027-part6/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t12:1 # text = sus, what did the host's wife tell him to do? 1 sus sus NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | sus | the host's wife | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | sus | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | sus *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} pay the bill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t12:o1:1 # text = pay the bill 1 pay pay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bill bill NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bill | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} hold his tongue ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t12:o2:1 # text = hold his tongue 1 hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | his tongue | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} open the gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t12:o3:1 # text = open the gate 1 open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | imperative | you *not said here* | the gate | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} fetch more wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:103-pg11027-part6:t12:o4:1 # text = fetch more wood 1 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fetch** | imperative | you *not said here* | more wood | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=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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