--- title: did the maids sneak off like scared little mice — Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain,… · tree and pragmatics description: did the maids sneak off like scared little mice Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1326 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is healed by a widowed countess and rides out to fight the earl who wants her lands» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1326-pg3454-part51/t5/) [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/) / [Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1326-pg3454-part51/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is hea… did the maids sneak off like scared little mice **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** maids · **What happens:** sneak off This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1326 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is healed by a widowed countess and rides out to fight the earl who wants her lands» 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/1326-pg3454-part51/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t5:1 # text = did the maids sneak off like scared little mice 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sneak sneak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sneak off** | past · do-support | the maids | | | | | like scared little mice | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP 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} yeah they ran off to the hall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t5:o1:1 # text = yeah they ran off to the hall 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | past | they | | | | | to the hall *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hall=Result | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} nah they just stood there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t5:o2:1 # text = nah they just stood there 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | they | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah they were brave lads ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t5:o3:1 # text = nah they were brave lads 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | they | brave lads | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah they hid in the bushes at first, proper scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t5:o4:1 # text = yeah they hid in the bushes at first, proper scared 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | they | | | the bushes | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bush=Location | **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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