--- title: bro, why did she cry by the fire? — Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fair… · tree and pragmatics description: bro, why did she cry by the fire? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1328 «Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fairy gives Tephany three magic gifts, and she grows vain and sharp» 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/1328-pg3454-part53/t8/) [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/) / [Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fair…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1328-pg3454-part53/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fairy gives Tephany thre… bro, why did she cry by the fire? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** cry This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1328 «Breton Tales, Tephany, part 53: a fairy gives Tephany three magic gifts, and she grows vain and sharp» 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/1328-pg3454-part53/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1328-pg3454-part53:t8:1 # text = bro, why did she cry by the fire? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · do-support | she | | | | | by the fire; bro *vocative* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location | 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} cos she wished she had asked for beauty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1328-pg3454-part53:t8:o1:1 # text = cos she wished she had asked for beauty 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | cos | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · perfect | cos | | | | | for beauty | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} cos she regretted her wish for wisdom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1328-pg3454-part53:t8:o2:1 # text = cos she regretted her wish for wisdom 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 regretted regret VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **regret** | past | cos | cos's wish | | | | for wisdom | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer wish=Stimulus for wisdom=Attribute | | 2 | **wish** | | cos | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} cos she wished she had asked for beauty instead of wisdom from the fairy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1328-pg3454-part53:t8:o3:1 # text = cos she wished she had asked for beauty instead of wisdom from the fairy 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 11 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | cos | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · perfect | cos | | | | | for beauty; instead wisdom; from the fairy | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} cos she wished for something else ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1328-pg3454-part53:t8:o4:1 # text = cos she wished for something else 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ 6 else else ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | cos | | | | | for something | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for something=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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