--- title: Cheers, what did the King order the youth to do? — Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook… · tree and pragmatics description: Cheers, what did the King order the youth to do? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1576 «Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook, part 73: the brother fetches his sister, and they set sail with the stepmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1576-pg540-part73/t9/) [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/) / [Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1576-pg540-part73/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook, part 73: the broth… Cheers, what did the King order the youth to do? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cheers · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** King order This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1576 «Household Tales, The Girl at the Brook, part 73: the brother fetches his sister, and they set sail with the stepmother» 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/1576-pg540-part73/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:t9:1 # text = Cheers, what did the King order the youth to do? 1 Cheers cheer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Cheers | the King order | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | Cheers *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} ride off and fetch her back here sharpish, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:t9:o1:1 # text = ride off and fetch her back here sharpish, mate 1 ride ride VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 8 sharpish sharpish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride off** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fetch** | infinitive | you *not said here* | her back | | here | | sharpish *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} go and fetch her right away sharpish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:t9:o2:1 # text = go and fetch her right away sharpish 1 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 right right ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 sharpish sharpish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fetch** | infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | away, sharpish *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} bring her quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:t9:o3:1 # text = bring her quickly 1 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | quickly *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} fetch her sharpish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1576-pg540-part73:t9:o4:1 # text = fetch her sharpish 1 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 sharpish sharpish NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fetch** | imperative | you *not said here* | sharpish | her *= she* | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary sharpish=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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