--- title: what did the old lady at the gate want her to do? — Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, p… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the old lady at the gate want her to do? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1150 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, part 16: the girl falls down the well and is kind to a fence, an oven and a cow, then finds work on a farm» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1150-pg3027-part16/t11/) [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/) / [Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1150-pg3027-part16/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, part 16: the girl fal… what did the old lady at the gate want her to do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** her · **What happens:** do, want · **To what, where:** old lady, her, gate This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1150 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, part 16: the girl falls down the well and is kind to a fence, an oven and a cow, then finds work on a farm» 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/1150-pg3027-part16/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:t11:1 # text = what did the old lady at the gate want her to do? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 9 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the old lady | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Eventuality | | 2 | **want** | present | | her *= she* | | the gate | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | her *= she* *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} comb her hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:t11:o1:1 # text = comb her hair 1 comb comb VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comb** | imperative | you *not said here* | her hair | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} comb her hair before going into the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:t11:o2:1 # text = comb her hair before going into the house 1 comb comb VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 before before SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comb** | imperative | you *not said here* | her hair | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 2 | **go** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | the house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} comb her long hair and then go to bed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:t11:o3:1 # text = comb her long hair and then go to bed 1 comb comb VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comb** | imperative | you *not said here* | her long hair | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | bed | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} fetch water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:t11:o4:1 # text = fetch water 1 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 water water 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* | water | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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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