--- title: Mate, what do the crabs do, I'm dying to know? — pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Co… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what do the crabs do, I'm dying to know? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1304 «pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Connor's magic pipes set fish, feet and folk dancing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1304-pg3454-part29/t7/) [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/) / [pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Co…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1304-pg3454-part29/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Connor's magic pipes s… Mate, what do the crabs do, I'm dying to know? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crabs, I · **What happens:** be, do, die, know · **To what, where:** Mate This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1304 «pg3454, The Wonderful Tune: Maurice Connor's magic pipes set fish, feet and folk dancing» 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/1304-pg3454-part29/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:t7:1 # text = Mate, what do the crabs do, I'm dying to know? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 crabs crab NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Mate | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present | the crabs | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **die** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **know** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Spin round on one claw ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:t7:o1:1 # text = Spin round on one claw 1 Spin spin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 round round ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 claw claw NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Scuttle sideways fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:t7:o2:1 # text = Scuttle sideways fast 1 Scuttle scuttle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 sideways sideways ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Hide away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:t7:o3:1 # text = Hide away 1 Hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Snap at the swimmers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1304-pg3454-part29:t7:o4:1 # text = Snap at the swimmers 1 Snap Snap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 swimmers swimmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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