--- title: did the friends turn back when they saw the robbers? — World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Wa… · tree and pragmatics description: did the friends turn back when they saw the robbers? Test 9 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1219-pg3282-part20/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1:… did the friends turn back when they saw the robbers? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friends · **What happens:** turn back, see · **To what, where:** robbers This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:t9:1 # text = did the friends turn back when they saw the robbers? 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 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 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 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn back** | present | the friends | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | past | friends *= friend* | the robbers | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer robber=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} nah, Rosald said no way ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:t9:o1:1 # text = nah, Rosald said no way 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Rosald Rosald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rosald | no way | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent way=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} yeah, they turned back but Rosald followed the path alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:t9:o2:1 # text = yeah, they turned back but Rosald followed the path alone 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 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 Rosald Rosald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 alone alone ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn back** | past | they | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **follow** | past | Rosald | the path | | | | alone *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, Rosald said no way and they pushed on together ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:t9:o3:1 # text = nah, Rosald said no way and they pushed on together 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Rosald Rosald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 on on ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 together together ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rosald | no way | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent way=Topic | | 2 | **push on** | past | they | | | | | together *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, Geirald said stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:t9:o4:1 # text = nah, Geirald said stop 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Geirald Geirald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Geirald | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stop** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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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