--- title: Wait, so what made the ball roll home all sad? — Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ba… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, so what made the ball roll home all sad? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1211 «Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished His Task, part 12: Lung-Woman is scalded and the Bad One drowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1211-pg3282-part12/t6/) [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/) / [Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ba…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1211-pg3282-part12/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished… Wait, so what made the ball roll home all sad? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, make, roll · **To what, where:** ball, sad This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1211 «Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished His Task, part 12: Lung-Woman is scalded and the Bad One drowns» 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/1211-pg3282-part12/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t6:1 # text = Wait, so what made the ball roll home all sad? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 5 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 roll roll VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 9 home home ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | | the ball | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material ball=Product | | 3 | **roll** | present | you *not said here* | all sad | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It rolled back to grandma as if lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t6:o1:1 # text = It rolled back to grandma as if lost 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll back** | past | It | | grandma | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to grandma=Destination | | 2 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It rolled into the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t6:o2:1 # text = It rolled into the river 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | past | It | | | the river | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into river=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} It rolled home because he was sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t6:o3:1 # text = It rolled home because he was sad 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | past | It | | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It went back to his granny like it was lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:t6:o4:1 # text = It went back to his granny like it was lost 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 granny granny NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 like like SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past | It | | | | | to his granny *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to granny=Result | | 2 | **lose** | past · passive | | it | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | **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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