--- title: So why'd Pinkel have to sneak in barefoot then? — Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pink… · tree and pragmatics description: So why'd Pinkel have to sneak in barefoot then? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1161-pg3027-part27/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/) / [Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pink…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1161-pg3027-part27/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'… So why'd Pinkel have to sneak in barefoot then? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Pinkel · **What happens:** have, sneak · **To what, where:** barefoot This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» 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/1161-pg3027-part27/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t8:1 # text = So why'd Pinkel have to sneak in barefoot then? 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Pinkel Pinkel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 sneak sneak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 barefoot barefoot NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Pinkel | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sneak** | to-infinitive | Pinkel *not said here* | | | barefoot | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in barefoot=Trajectory | 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} So nobody would hear him creeping about the hut in the dark ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t8:o1:1 # text = So nobody would hear him creeping about the hut in the dark 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 creeping creep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | would | nobody | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **creep** | gerund | him *= he* *not said here* | | | the dark | | about the hut | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about hut=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Cos he didn't want to be seen by guards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t8:o2:1 # text = Cos he didn't want to be seen by guards 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | guards | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} So the floor wouldn't creak loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t8:o3:1 # text = So the floor wouldn't creak loudly 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 creak creak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **creak** | would | the floor | | | | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} So nobody would hear him creeping about ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1161-pg3027-part27:t8:o4:1 # text = So nobody would hear him creeping about 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 creeping creep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | would | nobody | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **creep** | gerund | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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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