--- title: what did the queen say the Gruagach would ask first? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the queen say the Gruagach would ask first? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1289 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king loses the last game and rides off to steal the sword» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1289-pg3454-part14/t10/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1289-pg3454-part14/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king… what did the queen say the Gruagach would ask first? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** queen, Gruagach · **What happens:** do, say, ask · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1289 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king loses the last game and rides off to steal the sword» 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/1289-pg3454-part14/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t10:1 # text = what did the queen say the Gruagach would ask first? 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 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 10 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | would | the Gruagach | | | | | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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 {#o1} how he's feeling today ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t10:o1:1 # text = how he's feeling today 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present · progressive | he | | | | today | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} why he's so late ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t10:o2:1 # text = why he's so late 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} where he got the horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t10:o3:1 # text = where he got the horse 1 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get 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 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | he | the horse | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} if he got the sword ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t10:o4:1 # text = if he got the sword 1 if if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get 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 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | he | the sword | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sword=Stimulus | **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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