--- title: Mate, who was doing the dragging at the brook? — Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, who was doing the dragging at the brook? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» 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/126-pg11027-part29/t3/) [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 Stories, Snow-White and Rose…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/126-pg11027-part29/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the d… Mate, who was doing the dragging at the brook? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** do, drag · **To what, where:** brook This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» 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/126-pg11027-part29/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t3:1 # text = Mate, who was doing the dragging at the brook? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dragging drag VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | Mate | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **drag** | gerund | Mate *not said here* | | | the brook | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at brook=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The fish dragged the dwarf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t3:o1:1 # text = The fish dragged the dwarf 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drag** | past | the fish | the dwarf | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The strong current of the brook dragged the dwarf's whole body downstream ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t3:o2:1 # text = The strong current of the brook dragged the dwarf's whole body downstream 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 13 downstream downstream ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drag** | past | the strong current of the brook | the dwarf's whole body | | | | downstream *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The big fish pulled the dwarf's beard and his boat right into the reeds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t3:o3:1 # text = The big fish pulled the dwarf's beard and his boat right into the reeds 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 right right ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 reeds reed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | past | the big fish | the dwarf's beard and fish's boat | | the reeds | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The eagle carried the girls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:t3:o4:1 # text = The eagle carried the girls 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | the eagle | the girls | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=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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