--- title: Did the eldest son go off to find her? — The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose di… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the eldest son go off to find her? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1200 «The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose did to the Cypress, part 1: a prince chases a deer, gets lost in the desert and meets a barefoot stranger who is a lost king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1200-pg3282-part1/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/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose di…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1200-pg3282-part1/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose did to the Cypress, pa… Did the eldest son go off to find her? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eldest son · **What happens:** go off, find · **To what, where:** her This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1200 «The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose did to the Cypress, part 1: a prince chases a deer, gets lost in the desert and meets a barefoot stranger who is a lost king» 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/1200-pg3282-part1/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:t8:1 # text = Did the eldest son go off to find her? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | past · do-support | the eldest son | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | the eldest son *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | 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} Nah, he stayed put and sent a message ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:t8:o1:1 # text = Nah, he stayed put and sent a message 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 2 | **send** | participle | | a message | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yeah, he rode off to find her soon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:t8:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he rode off to find her soon 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride off** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | soon *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nah, he only heard about her from travellers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:t8:o3:1 # text = Nah, he only heard about her from travellers 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | he | | | travellers | | about her *= she* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.source»: agent=Agent about she=Theme from traveller=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he just heard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:t8:o4:1 # text = Nah, he just heard 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | he | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | **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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