--- title: Mate, did the old lady really want him as her hubby? — Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: t… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, did the old lady really want him as her hubby? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1263 «Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1263-pg3282-part64/t1/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1263-pg3282-part64/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the cas… Mate, did the old lady really want him as her hubby? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate, old lady · **What happens:** do, want · **To what, where:** old lady, Mate This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1263 «Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the castle» 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/1263-pg3282-part64/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:t1:1 # text = Mate, did the old lady really want him as her hubby? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 really really ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hubby hubby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Mate | the old lady | | | | as her hubby | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Eventuality | | 2 | **want** | present | the old lady *not said here* | Mate | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | 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, she wanted him to marry her and live there forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:t1:o1:1 # text = Yeah, she wanted him to marry her and live there forever 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 12 forever forever ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | she | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 3 | **live** | present | she *not said here* | | | there | | forever *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, she fancied him rotten ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:t1:o2:1 # text = Yeah, she fancied him rotten 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 rotten rotten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fancy** | past | she | him *= he* | | | | rotten *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, she wanted him to marry her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:t1:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she wanted him to marry her 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | she | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, she just wanted his horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:t1:o4:1 # text = Nah, she just wanted his horse 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | she | his horse | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot horse=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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