--- title: yo, did the father really fancy the widow? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little… · tree and pragmatics description: yo, did the father really fancy the widow? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 127 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood, part 1: a stepmother sends her stepdaughter into the snow for strawberries» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/127-pg11027-part30/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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/127-pg11027-part30/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood, par… yo, did the father really fancy the widow? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** father · **What happens:** do, fancy · **To what, where:** father, widow This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 127 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood, part 1: a stepmother sends her stepdaughter into the snow for strawberries» 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/127-pg11027-part30/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:127-pg11027-part30:t9:1 # text = yo, did the father really fancy the widow? 1 yo yo INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 fancy fancy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the father | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Eventuality | | 2 | **fancy** | infinitive | the father *not said here* | the widow | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer widow=Stimulus | 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} nah, he only wanted a housekeeper and peace at home quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:127-pg11027-part30:t9:o1:1 # text = nah, he only wanted a housekeeper and peace at home quietly 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 housekeeper housekeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | a housekeeper and peace | | home | | quietly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot housekeeper=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, he fancied her madly but wanted peace and a quiet life too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:127-pg11027-part30:t9:o2:1 # text = yeah, he fancied her madly but wanted peace and a quiet life too 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 madly madly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 14 too too ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fancy** | past | he | her *= she* | | | | madly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 2 | **want** | past | he *not said here* | peace and a quiet life | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot peace=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, he wanted a quiet life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:127-pg11027-part30:t9:o3:1 # text = nah, he wanted a quiet life 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | a quiet life | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot life=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} nah, he just wanted peace at home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:127-pg11027-part30:t9:o4:1 # text = nah, he just wanted peace at home 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | peace | | home | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot peace=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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