--- title: What was Charming carrying, the little dog? — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks… · tree and pragmatics description: What was Charming carrying, the little dog? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1459-pg503-part46/t8/) [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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1459-pg503-part46/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming… What was Charming carrying, the little dog? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** charm, carry · **To what, where:** little dog This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» 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/1459-pg503-part46/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t8:1 # text = What was Charming carrying, the little dog? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Charming charm VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 nsubj _ _ 4 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charm** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **carry** | past · progressive | | the little dog | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme what=Beneficiary dog=Value | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A tiny pretty dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t8:o1:1 # text = A tiny pretty dog 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A little fluffy cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t8:o2:1 # text = A little fluffy cat 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 fluffy fluffy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A tiny pretty dog with a golden collar and a bell on it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t8:o3:1 # text = A tiny pretty dog with a golden collar and a bell on it 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A tiny brown rabbit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:t8:o4:1 # text = A tiny brown rabbit 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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