--- title: Wait, what did the Council reckon about beauty? — Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dyi… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what did the Council reckon about beauty? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1091 «Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the King swear, the King goes mad, and the Princess flees to her godmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1091-pg29021-part16/t5/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dyi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1091-pg29021-part16/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the K… Wait, what did the Council reckon about beauty? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Council · **What happens:** wait, reckon This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1091 «Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the King swear, the King goes mad, and the Princess flees to her godmother» 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/1091-pg29021-part16/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:t5:1 # text = Wait, what did the Council reckon about beauty? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 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 Council Council PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the Council | | | | | about beauty | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute | 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} beauty mattered most ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:t5:o1:1 # text = beauty mattered most 1 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mattered matter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **matter** | past | beauty | most | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} beauty didn't matter if she was virtuous ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:t5:o2:1 # text = beauty didn't matter if she was virtuous 1 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 virtuous virtuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 csubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | past · do-support | beauty | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | beauty | | | | | virtuous *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} beauty mattered if she was plain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:t5:o3:1 # text = beauty mattered if she was plain 1 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mattered matter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **matter** | past | beauty | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | beauty | | | | | plain *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} beauty was everything ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1091-pg29021-part16:t5:o4:1 # text = beauty was everything 1 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | beauty | everything | | | | | 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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