--- title: so the kids were all just sitting there hugging and crying the whole… — Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: so the kids were all just sitting there hugging and crying the whole night? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1088 «Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds eat the bread, a storm in the night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1088-pg29021-part13/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/) / [Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1088-pg29021-part13/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds… so the kids were all just sitting there hugging and crying the whole night? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** sit, hug, cry This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1088 «Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds eat the bread, a storm in the night» 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/1088-pg29021-part13/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t12:1 # text = so the kids were all just sitting there hugging and crying the whole night? 1 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 9 hugging hug VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | the kids | | | there | | all *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hug** | gerund | the kids *not said here* | | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the kids *not said here* | | | | night | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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 {#o1} they were asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t12:o1:1 # text = they were asleep 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} they scarcely dared to speak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t12:o2:1 # text = they scarcely dared to speak 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dare** | past | they | | | | | scarcely *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} they hardly dared to move ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t12:o3:1 # text = they hardly dared to move 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dare** | past | they | | | | | hardly *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **move** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} yeah they just sat there hugging and crying the whole long night without any sleep at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:t12:o4:1 # text = yeah they just sat there hugging and crying the whole long night without any sleep at all 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 hugging hug VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 without without ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 15 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | they | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hug** | gerund | they *not said here* | | | all | night | without any sleep | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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