--- title: Yo, what did Maie sing to the sea-king to get cows? — Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what did Maie sing to the sea-king to get cows? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1314 «Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more and more, then throws stones at the sea-king» 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/1314-pg3454-part39/t6/) [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/) / [Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1314-pg3454-part39/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more an… Yo, what did Maie sing to the sea-king to get cows? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Maie · **What happens:** sing, get · **To what, where:** sea king, cows This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1314 «Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more and more, then throws stones at the sea-king» 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/1314-pg3454-part39/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t6:1 # text = Yo, what did Maie sing to the sea-king to get cows? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Maie Maie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 14 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · do-support | Maie | | the sea king | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to king=Recipient | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | Maie *not said here* | cows | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cow=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} A long slow ballad about cows and the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t6:o1:1 # text = A long slow ballad about cows and the sea 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 ballad ballad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A little banger for Ahti ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t6:o2:1 # text = A little banger for Ahti 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 banger banger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Ahti Ahti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A cute lullaby for kids ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t6:o3:1 # text = A cute lullaby for kids 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cute cute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 lullaby lullaby NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A wild tune for the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:t6:o4:1 # text = A wild tune for the sea 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 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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