--- title: what did the dudes say the towers were, like rumors? — Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the W… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the dudes say the towers were, like rumors? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1427 «Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 14: the Princess pricks her hand, falls asleep, and wakes when a Prince finds her» 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/1427-pg503-part14/t13/) [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/) / [Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the W…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1427-pg503-part14/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 14: the Pr… what did the dudes say the towers were, like rumors? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dudes, towers · **What happens:** do, say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1427 «Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 14: the Princess pricks her hand, falls asleep, and wakes when a Prince finds her» 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/1427-pg503-part14/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:t13:1 # text = what did the dudes say the towers were, like rumors? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dudes dude NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 rumors rumor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the dudes | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | the towers | | | | | like rumors | 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} a ghost ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:t13:o1:1 # text = a ghost 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ghost ghost NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a tomb ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:t13:o2:1 # text = a tomb 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} haunted old castle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:t13:o3:1 # text = haunted old castle 1 haunted haunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **haunt** | past | | old castle | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus castle=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} a crumbling old fort ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1427-pg503-part14:t13:o4:1 # text = a crumbling old fort 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 crumbling crumble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 fort fort NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crumble** | gerund | | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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