--- title: why did lina chop the laurels down? — Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer · tree and pragmatics description: why did lina chop the laurels down? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1506-pg540-part3/t7/) [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/) / [Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1506-pg540-part3/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer why did lina chop the laurels down? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lina · **What happens:** chop down · **To what, where:** laurels This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» 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/1506-pg540-part3/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t7:1 # text = why did lina chop the laurels down? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 lina lina NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chop chop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 laurels laurel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop down** | past · do-support | lina | the laurels | | | | down *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laurel=Patient | 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} she thought they gave him too much swagger at court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t7:o1:1 # text = she thought they gave him too much swagger at court 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 swagger swagger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | she | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | they | much swagger | him *= he* | court | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient swagger=Theme at court=Asset | ### Option 2 {#o2} she reckoned they made him too flash for her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t7:o2:1 # text = she reckoned they made him too flash for her 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckoned reckon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 flash flash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past | she | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | they | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **flash** | present | they *not said here* | | | | | for her *= she* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} she thought they gave him too much edge over her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t7:o3:1 # text = she thought they gave him too much edge over her 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | she | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | they | much edge | her *= she* | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} cos they were in the way ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1506-pg540-part3:t7:o4:1 # text = cos they were in the way 1 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | the way | | | tree rules | **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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