--- title: Did the swallow say when she was off to bed? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Tr… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the swallow say when she was off to bed? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1189 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the boy takes the white bird from the aviary, the enchanted water frees the captives, and the courtiers plot against the bird» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1189-pg3027-part55/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/) / [d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Tr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1189-pg3027-part55/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the bo… Did the swallow say when she was off to bed? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** swallow · **What happens:** say, be off · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1189 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the boy takes the white bird from the aviary, the enchanted water frees the captives, and the courtiers plot against the bird» 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/1189-pg3027-part55/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t10:1 # text = Did the swallow say when she was off to bed? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the swallow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be off** | past | swallow | | | | | to bed | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, she was off to the sea, sunset and that ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t10:o1:1 # text = Yeah, she was off to the sea, sunset and that 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | that | | | | | to the sea and sunset | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nah, she was off to the nest, dusk and that ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t10:o2:1 # text = Nah, she was off to the nest, dusk and that 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 dusk dusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | to the nest and dusk | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, she was off to the sea, morning and that ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t10:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she was off to the sea, morning and that 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | that | | | | | to the sea and morning | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, she didn't say ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t10:o4:1 # text = Nah, she didn't say 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | she | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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