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title: Mate, the hall had cats hanging off the ceiling, innit? — Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, the hall had cats hanging off the ceiling, innit? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1557 «Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, part 54: the Princess is turned into a grasshopper, and the Prince refuses the Fairy's offer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 2 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, part 54: the Princess…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mate, the hall had cats hanging off the ceiling, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hall, cats · **What happens:** have, hang off, innit · **To what, where:** cats, ceiling

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1557 «Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, part 54: the Princess is turned into a grasshopper, and the Prince refuses the Fairy's offer» 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/1557-pg540-part54/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1557-pg540-part54:t2:1
# text = Mate, the hall had cats hanging off the ceiling, innit?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the hall | cats |  |  |  | Mate *vocative* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient |
| 2 | **hang off** | gerund | cats *not said here* | the ceiling |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceiling=Patient |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive | the hall *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, twelve of them, yelling their heads off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1557-pg540-part54:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, twelve of them, yelling their heads off
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	advcl	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	off	off	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell off** *speech: express* | gerund |  | their heads |  |  |  | off *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, twelve of them, hanging from the beams

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1557-pg540-part54:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, twelve of them, hanging from the beams
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	advcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	beams	beam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund |  |  |  | the beams |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, there were six snakes on the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1557-pg540-part54:t2:o3:1
# text = No, there were six snakes on the floor
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | six snakes |  |  | the floor; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, twelve of them, yelling their heads off and clawing at the walls of the hall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1557-pg540-part54:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah, twelve of them, yelling their heads off and clawing at the walls of the hall
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	advcl	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	clawing	claw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell off** *speech: express* | gerund |  | their heads |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic |
| 2 | **claw** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the walls of the hall | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at wall=Patient |

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