--- title: so the Fairy says she's gonna nag about his hooter? — Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and t… · tree and pragmatics description: so the Fairy says she's gonna nag about his hooter? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1417 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, part 4: the Prince meets the old Fairy in a cave and she talks on about noses» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1417-pg503-part4/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/) / [Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1417-pg503-part4/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princ… so the Fairy says she's gonna nag about his hooter? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fairy · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1417 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, part 4: the Prince meets the old Fairy in a cave and she talks on about noses» 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/1417-pg503-part4/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1417-pg503-part4:t9:1 # text = so the Fairy says she's gonna nag about his hooter? 1 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 gonna gonna PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 nag nag VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hooter hooter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Fairy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | Fairy | | | | | about his hooter; nag *property* | tree rules | 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} yeah, she keeps going on about it, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1417-pg503-part4:t9:o1:1 # text = yeah, she keeps going on about it, mate 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | she | | | | | mate *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **go on** | gerund | she *not said here* | | | | | about it | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about it=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, she moans about it, dead annoying ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1417-pg503-part4:t9:o2:1 # text = yeah, she moans about it, dead annoying 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 moans moan VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 annoying annoying ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **moan** | present | she | | | | | about it | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, she keeps going on about it, proper annoying ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1417-pg503-part4:t9:o3:1 # text = yeah, she keeps going on about it, proper annoying 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 annoying annoying ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | she | | | | | annoying *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go on** | gerund | she *not said here* | | | | | about it | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about it=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, she's gonna ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1417-pg503-part4:t9:o4:1 # text = yeah, she's gonna 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ ``` 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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