--- title: What did the maids plan to do to Tom? — Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Th… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the maids plan to do to Tom? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» 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/124-pg11027-part27/t11/) [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/) / [Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/124-pg11027-part27/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Fr… What did the maids plan to do to Tom? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** maids · **What happens:** do, plan · **To what, where:** Tom This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» 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/124-pg11027-part27/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t11:1 # text = What did the maids plan to do to Tom? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 plan plan VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **plan** | present | the maids | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the maids *not said here* | | Tom | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Throw him in the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t11:o1:1 # text = Throw him in the river 1 Throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | the river | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in river=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Leave him outside in the cold snow until the morning came round ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t11:o2:1 # text = Leave him outside in the cold snow until the morning came round 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 outside outside ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 until until SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 12 round round ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | the cold snow | | outside *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in snow=Location | | 2 | **come round** | past | the morning | | | | | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Turn him into a pudding and serve him at the royal banquet tonight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t11:o3:1 # text = Turn him into a pudding and serve him at the royal banquet tonight 1 Turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pudding pudding NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 serve serve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | a pudding | tonight | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme into pudding=Trajectory | | 2 | **serve** | present | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | the royal banquet | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Drown him or harm him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:t11:o4:1 # text = Drown him or harm him 1 Drown drown VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 harm harm VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drown** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **harm** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | **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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