--- title: wait the gold pails were just sitting at the well?? — Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King… · tree and pragmatics description: wait the gold pails were just sitting at the well?? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1482-pg503-part69/t3/) [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/) / [Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1482-pg503-part69/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict… wait the gold pails were just sitting at the well?? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, gold pails · **What happens:** wait, sit · **To what, where:** well This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» 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/1482-pg503-part69/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t3:1 # text = wait the gold pails were just sitting at the well?? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pails pail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 ccomp _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | past · progressive | the gold pails | | | the well | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at well=Location | 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 {#o1} yeah, she had a couple of pails ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t3:o1:1 # text = yeah, she had a couple of pails 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 pails pail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | she | a couple of pails | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent couple=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} yeah, she was at the well with two golden pails and a whole crowd of maids watching ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t3:o2:1 # text = yeah, she was at the well with two golden pails and a whole crowd of maids watching 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 10 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 pails pail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 18 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | the well | | with two golden pails and a whole crowd of maids | tree rules | | 2 | **watch** | gerund | a whole crowd of maids *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, she was chillin with two golden pails ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t3:o3:1 # text = yeah, she was chillin with two golden pails 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 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 cop _ _ 5 chillin chillin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 pails pail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | she | chillin | | | | with two golden pails | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, she was carrying a silver jug ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t3:o4:1 # text = yeah, she was carrying a silver jug 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 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 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 jug jug NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past · progressive | she | a silver jug | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jug=Theme | **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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