--- title: Did the innkeepers look chuffed when they saw the gold? — Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15:… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the innkeepers look chuffed when they saw the gold? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1214 «Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a magic cock, and the innkeepers plot to steal it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1214-pg3282-part15/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/) / [Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1214-pg3282-part15/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a… Did the innkeepers look chuffed when they saw the gold? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** innkeepers · **What happens:** chuff, see · **To what, where:** innkeepers, gold This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1214 «Fairy Book, Father Grumbler, part 15: Grumbler shows off a magic cock, and the innkeepers plot to steal it» 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/1214-pg3282-part15/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t8:1 # text = Did the innkeepers look chuffed when they saw the gold? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 innkeepers innkeeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuff** | past · passive · do-support | | the innkeepers | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | innkeepers *= innkeeper* | the gold | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus | 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} Yeah, they grinned, mate, they loved it. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t8:o1:1 # text = Yeah, they grinned, mate, they loved it. 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grinned grin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grin** | past | they | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **love** | past | they | mate | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Nah, they pretended they hadn't even noticed, sneaky lot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t8:o2:1 # text = Nah, they pretended they hadn't even noticed, sneaky lot 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | past | they | sneaky lot | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **notice** | past · perfect | they | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, mate, they pretended they hadn't even noticed the gold at all, the sneaky lot, and kept on smiling like nothing had happened. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t8:o3:1 # text = Nah, mate, they pretended they hadn't even noticed the gold at all, the sneaky lot, and kept on smiling like nothing had happened. 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 even even ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 sneaky sneaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 23 on on SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 25 like like SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | past | they | the sneaky lot | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **notice** | past | they | the gold | | all | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus | | 3 | **keep** | participle | | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **smile** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **happen** | past · perfect | nothing | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yeah, mate, they looked dead chuffed and started counting the gold straight away, right in front of him, the greedy lot. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1214-pg3282-part15:t8:o4:1 # text = Yeah, mate, they looked dead chuffed and started counting the gold straight away, right in front of him, the greedy lot. 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 11 counting count VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 straight straight ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 right right ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | they | | | | | dead *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **chuff** | participle | they *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **start** | past | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **count** | gerund | they *not said here* | the gold | | front of him and the greedy lot | | away *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=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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