--- title: what do the servants do to the poor footman? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of… · tree and pragmatics description: what do the servants do to the poor footman? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1297 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince forgets his wife, and she wins him back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1297-pg3454-part22/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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1297-pg3454-part22/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince f… what do the servants do to the poor footman? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** servants · **What happens:** be, do This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1297 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince forgets his wife, and she wins him back» 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/1297-pg3454-part22/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:t9:1 # text = what do the servants do to the poor footman? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 footman footman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present | the servants | | | | | to the poor footman | vn act-114-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} they circle him and sing a rude song loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:t9:o1:1 # text = they circle him and sing a rude song loudly 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 circle circle VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **circle** | present | they | him *= he* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | they *not said here* | a rude song | | | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} they gather round and bang tongs and pans, proper rowdy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:t9:o2:1 # text = they gather round and bang tongs and pans, proper rowdy 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gather gather VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 round round ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 bang bang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 tongs tong NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 pans pan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 rowdy rowdy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | present | they | proper rowdy | | | | round *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bang** | present | they *not said here* | tongs and pans | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tong=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} they yell at him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:t9:o3:1 # text = they yell at him 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 yell yell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | present | they | | | | | at him *= he* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at he=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} they gather round and mock him with a loud song ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1297-pg3454-part22:t9:o4:1 # text = they gather round and mock him with a loud song 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gather gather VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 round round ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 mock mock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | present | they | | | | | round *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **mock** | infinitive | they *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | with a loud song | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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