--- title: Good, so what's the last thing the foal asks him? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderla… · tree and pragmatics description: Good, so what's the last thing the foal asks him? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1581 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderlad sets out to watch the seven foals and meets the old hag» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1581-pg540-part78/t14/) [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/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1581-pg540-part78/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderla… Good, so what's the last thing the foal asks him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Good last thing · **What happens:** be, ask · **To what, where:** Good last thing, foal This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1581 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderlad sets out to watch the seven foals and meets the old hag» 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/1581-pg540-part78/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:t14:1 # text = Good, so what's the last thing the foal asks him? 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the Good last thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the Good last thing | | foal | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | 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} Dost thou hear anything now? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:t14:o1:1 # text = Dost thou hear anything now? 1 Dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obj _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present · do-support | thou | anything | | | now | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} See anything? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:t14:o2:1 # text = See anything? 1 See see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Can you see? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:t14:o3:1 # text = Can you see? 1 Can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | can | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Dost thou see anything now? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:t14:o4:1 # text = Dost thou see anything now? 1 Dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obj _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · do-support | thou | anything | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | **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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