--- title: Was the old crone proper grumpy in the hut? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the old crone proper grumpy in the hut? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1444 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: the Prince forgets his promise, and three suitors are tricked» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1444-pg503-part31/t4/) [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/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1444-pg503-part31/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: th… Was the old crone proper grumpy in the hut? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old crone · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** hut This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1444 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: the Prince forgets his promise, and three suitors are tricked» 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/1444-pg503-part31/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t4:1 # text = Was the old crone proper grumpy in the hut? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 crone crone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 proper properly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 grumpy grumpy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hut hut 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 | **is** | past | the old crone | | | the hut | | grumpy, properly *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, grumpy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t4:o1:1 # text = yeah, grumpy 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 grumpy grumpy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, she was sleeping soundly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t4:o2:1 # text = nah, she was sleeping soundly 1 nah nah 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 _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 soundly soundly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past · progressive | she | | | | | soundly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, ill-tempered and malicious ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t4:o3:1 # text = yeah, ill-tempered and malicious 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 tempered temper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 malicious malicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **temper** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, sweet and very generous ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t4:o4:1 # text = yeah, sweet and very generous 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 generous generous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` 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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