--- title: Mate, what did Désiré reckon was his fault? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three b… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what did Désiré reckon was his fault? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» 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/1565-pg540-part62/t10/) [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, The Canary: three b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1565-pg540-part62/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pi… Mate, what did Désiré reckon was his fault? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Désiré, Mate · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** Mate, fault This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» 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/1565-pg540-part62/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t10:1 # text = Mate, what did Désiré reckon was his fault? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Désiré Désiré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | Désiré | Mate | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute | | 2 | **is a** | past | Mate | Désiré's fault | | | | | 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} his horse's speed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t10:o1:1 # text = his horse's speed 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} leaving her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t10:o2:1 # text = leaving her 1 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | gerund | | her *= she* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the spell, for leaving her alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t10:o3:1 # text = the spell, for leaving her alone 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 for for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 leaving leave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | gerund | the spell *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} being too proud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:t10:o4:1 # text = being too proud 1 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 cop _ _ 2 too too ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | proud *property* | 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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