--- title: Did the lizards become footmen or just stand there? — Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16:… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the lizards become footmen or just stand there? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1429 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end and Cinderella's wish for the ball» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1429-pg503-part16/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's Tales, Cinderella, part 16:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1429-pg503-part16/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end an… Did the lizards become footmen or just stand there? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lizards · **What happens:** become, stand · **To what, where:** footmen This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1429 «Perrault's Tales, Cinderella, part 16: the Ogress's end and Cinderella's wish for the ball» 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/1429-pg503-part16/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t13:1 # text = Did the lizards become footmen or just stand there? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lizards lizard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 become become VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 footmen footman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 xcomp _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | the lizards | footmen | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **stand** | infinitive | the lizards *not said here* | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} They ran and jumped on the coach ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t13:o1:1 # text = They ran and jumped on the coach 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | They | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **jump** | past | They *not said here* | | | the coach | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on coach=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} They just stood there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t13:o2:1 # text = They just stood there 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 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} They just stood by the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t13:o3:1 # text = They just stood by the door 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | They | | | | | by the door | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They skipped and clung on the back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1429-pg503-part16:t13:o4:1 # text = They skipped and clung on the back 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 skipped skip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 clung cling VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **skip** | past | They | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cling** | participle | They *not said here* | | | the back | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=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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