--- title: did the robbers see them coming at all? — World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Wa… · tree and pragmatics description: did the robbers see them coming at all? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1219 «World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1: two friends ride off, Rosald wins the fight, and Geirald takes the glory» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1219-pg3282-part20/t7/) [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/) / [World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Wa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1219-pg3282-part20/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1:… did the robbers see them coming at all? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robbers, them · **What happens:** see, come · **To what, where:** them, all This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1219 «World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1: two friends ride off, Rosald wins the fight, and Geirald takes the glory» 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/1219-pg3282-part20/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:t7:1 # text = did the robbers see them coming at all? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | the robbers | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | gerund | them *= they* *not said here* | | | all | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location | 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 spotted them early ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:t7:o1:1 # text = yeah, they spotted them early 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 spotted spot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spot** | past | they | them *= they* | | | | early *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} nah, they were just waiting ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:t7:o2:1 # text = nah, they were just waiting 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | they | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, they were busy eating ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:t7:o3:1 # text = nah, they were busy eating 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} yeah, a scout had warned them about the two young men ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:t7:o4:1 # text = yeah, a scout had warned them about the two young men 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 scout scout NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 warned warn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · perfect · passive | | a scout | them *= they* | | | about the two young men | tree rules | **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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