--- title: Upon what occasion did the giant's shadow cease to move? — Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: th… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what occasion did the giant's shadow cease to move? Exam question 2 of lesson 1291 «Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is found, then Puck starts his pranks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1291-pg3454-part16/e2/) [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 Book, A French Puck, part 16: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1291-pg3454-part16/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is fo… Upon what occasion did the giant's shadow cease to move? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** occasion · **What happens:** do, move · **To what, where:** shadow cease This is exam question 2 of lesson 1291 «Fairy Book, A French Puck, part 16: the giant's soul is found, then Puck starts his pranks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1291-pg3454-part16/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e2:1 # text = Upon what occasion did the giant's shadow cease to move? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do 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 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 cease cease NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | occasion | the giant's shadow cease | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **move** | to-infinitive | occasion *not said here* | the giant's shadow cease *not said here* | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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} When the egg was thrown away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e2:o1:1 # text = When the egg was thrown away 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw away** | past · passive | | the egg | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} At noon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e2:o2:1 # text = At noon 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} On the hill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e2:o3:1 # text = On the hill 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Upon the crushing of the egg ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1291-pg3454-part16:e2:o4:1 # text = Upon the crushing of the egg 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 crushing crushing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crush** | | | the egg | | | | | nom crushing «act transitive»: of=patient | **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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