--- title: why's the youth so scared to ask her stuff? — Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Fo… · tree and pragmatics description: why's the youth so scared to ask her stuff? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1232 «Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth is left alone on an island and a strange girl marries him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1232-pg3282-part33/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/) / [Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Fo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1232-pg3282-part33/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth… why's the youth so scared to ask her stuff? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youth · **What happens:** be, ask · **To what, where:** stuff This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1232 «Norse Tales, The Youth and the Hill-Folk, part 33: a youth is left alone on an island and a strange girl marries him» 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/1232-pg3282-part33/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1232-pg3282-part33:t9:1 # text = why's the youth so scared to ask her stuff? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the youth | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | the youth *not said here* | her stuff | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent stuff=Recipient | 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} cos he's a bit dumb and she's clever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1232-pg3282-part33:t9:o1:1 # text = cos he's a bit dumb and she's clever 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | cos | | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked*; dumb *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} he's a bit scared of her, she knows heaps ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1232-pg3282-part33:t9:o2:1 # text = he's a bit scared of her, she knows heaps 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | of her *= she*; a bit *obl:unmarked*; scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | present | she | heaps | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer heap=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} he's nervous since she's older than him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1232-pg3282-part33:t9:o3:1 # text = he's nervous since she's older than him 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 nervous nervous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 since since SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 advcl _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | nervous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | than him *= he*; old *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} he's just shy lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1232-pg3282-part33:t9:o4:1 # text = he's just shy lol 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | shy *property* | 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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