--- title: So what did the middle dove reckon, innit? — Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses,… · tree and pragmatics description: So what did the middle dove reckon, innit? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1154 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses, part 20: the stepmother drowns the princess and disguises her own daughter as the bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1154-pg3027-part20/t10/) [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 Singing Roses,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1154-pg3027-part20/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses, part 20: the stepmo… So what did the middle dove reckon, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** middle dove · **What happens:** reckon, innit This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1154 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses, part 20: the stepmother drowns the princess and disguises her own daughter as the bride» 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/1154-pg3027-part20/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t10:1 # text = So what did the middle dove reckon, innit? 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the middle dove | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the middle dove *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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} Keep on cluck, cluck, cluck ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t10:o1:1 # text = Keep on cluck, cluck, cluck 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 cluck cluck NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 cluck cluck VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 cluck cluck VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | cluck | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on cluck=Location | | 2 | **cluck** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cluck** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sing out every single day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t10:o2:1 # text = Sing out every single day 1 Sing s VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 4 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **s out** | gerund | | | | | day | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cluck loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t10:o3:1 # text = Cluck loudly 1 Cluck cluck VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cluck** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Just say "dirty creatures" forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t10:o4:1 # text = Just say "dirty creatures" forever 1 Just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 forever forever ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | dirty creatures | | | | forever *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent creature=Topic | **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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