--- title: Why did the farmer's wife take her on, for real? — Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the farmer's wife take her on, for real? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1092 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidden in her donkey skin, works at a farm and the Prince spies on her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1092-pg29021-part17/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/) / [Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1092-pg29021-part17/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidd… Why did the farmer's wife take her on, for real? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** take on · **To what, where:** farmer This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1092 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidden in her donkey skin, works at a farm and the Prince spies on her» 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/1092-pg29021-part17/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t8:1 # text = Why did the farmer's wife take her on, for real? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take on** | past · do-support | the farmer's wife | farmer | | | | | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 {#o1} she looked strong and willing to work ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t8:o1:1 # text = she looked strong and willing to work 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | she | | | | | strong *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} she needed help with the dishes and geese ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t8:o2:1 # text = she needed help with the dishes and geese 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | past | she | help | | | | with the dishes and geese | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} she was a poor girl with nowhere to go ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t8:o3:1 # text = she was a poor girl with nowhere to go 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 nowhere nowhere ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | she | a poor girl | | | | nowhere *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} the king had paid her well to keep the poor girl employed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t8:o4:1 # text = the king had paid her well to keep the poor girl employed 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past · perfect | the king | her *= she* | | | | well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Asset | | 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the poor girl | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **employ** | participle | the poor girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: 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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