--- title: honestly, did that squeaky tree actually fall? — Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Duc… · tree and pragmatics description: honestly, did that squeaky tree actually fall? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1264 «Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, part 1: Iktomi tricks the ducks with a song, roasts them, and ignores a crying tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1264-pg338-part1/t8/) [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/) / [Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Duc…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1264-pg338-part1/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, part 1: Iktomi t… honestly, did that squeaky tree actually fall? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** squeaky tree · **What happens:** fall This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1264 «Old Indian Legends, Iktomi and the Ducks, part 1: Iktomi tricks the ducks with a song, roasts them, and ignores a crying tree» 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/1264-pg338-part1/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1264-pg338-part1:t8:1 # text = honestly, did that squeaky tree actually fall? 1 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 5 squeaky squeaky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 actually actually ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past · do-support | that squeaky tree | | | | | actually, honestly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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} nope, it kept on standing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1264-pg338-part1:t8:o1:1 # text = nope, it kept on standing 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 standing standing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | it | | | standing | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on standing=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} nope, it just kept crying for help and never fell down at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1264-pg338-part1:t8:o2:1 # text = nope, it just kept crying for help and never fell down at all 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 down down ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | it | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | for help | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **fall down** | past | | | | all | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} nope, it just kept crying for help ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1264-pg338-part1:t8:o3:1 # text = nope, it just kept crying for help 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | it | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | for help | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} yes, it fell down at last after crying for help all night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1264-pg338-part1:t8:o4:1 # text = yes, it fell down at last after crying for help all night 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 8 after after SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall down** | past | it | | | last | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at last=Location | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | night | for help | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient | **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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