--- title: why did the poets keep sending her like a million poems? — The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwar… · tree and pragmatics description: why did the poets keep sending her like a million poems? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1421 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud princess and a queen's bargain with a dwarf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1421-pg503-part8/t3/) [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/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwar…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1421-pg503-part8/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud p… why did the poets keep sending her like a million poems? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** poets · **What happens:** send · **To what, where:** her This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1421 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud princess and a queen's bargain with a dwarf» 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/1421-pg503-part8/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t3:1 # text = why did the poets keep sending her like a million poems? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 poets poet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 poems poem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · do-support | the poets | her *= she* | | | | like million poems | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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} they wanted to get her to smile ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t3:o1:1 # text = they wanted to get her to smile 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 smile smile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | they | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **smile** | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} to make her laugh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t3:o2:1 # text = to make her laugh 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 laugh laugh VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product | | 2 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} they were all trying to impress her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t3:o3:1 # text = they were all trying to impress her 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 impress impress VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · progressive | they | | | | | all *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **impress** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} they were all hoping to trick her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1421-pg503-part8:t3:o4:1 # text = they were all hoping to trick her 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 trick trick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | past · progressive | they | | | | | all *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **trick** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | **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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