--- title: wait, what did the King say the dream was about? — Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what did the King say the dream was about? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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/1467-pg503-part54/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/) / [Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1467-pg503-part54/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los… wait, what did the King say the dream was about? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, King, dream · **What happens:** wait, say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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/1467-pg503-part54/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t4:1 # text = wait, what did the King say the dream was about? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 about about ADV RB _ 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | the dream | | | | | about *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} Winning a huge war with some sheep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t4:o1:1 # text = Winning a huge war with some sheep 1 Winning win VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | gerund | | a huge war | | | | with some sheep | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Losing his crown, like it was a warning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t4:o2:1 # text = Losing his crown, like it was a warning 1 Losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | gerund | | his crown | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | crown | | | | | like a warning | tree rules | | 3 | **crown** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Getting a new palace with a golden roof ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t4:o3:1 # text = Getting a new palace with a golden roof 1 Getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 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 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | | a new palace | | | | with a golden roof | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Finding a lost sister in the forest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:t4:o4:1 # text = Finding a lost sister in the forest 1 Finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | gerund | | a lost sister | | the forest | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Topic | | 2 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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