--- title: Ngl, what did the Scarecrow say he was thankful for? — Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, what did the Scarecrow say he was thankful for? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1609 «Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country, part 24: the friends climb a china wall and meet the china people» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1609-pg55-part24/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/) / [Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1609-pg55-part24/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country, part 24: the frien… Ngl, what did the Scarecrow say he was thankful for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl, Scarecrow · **What happens:** do, say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1609 «Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country, part 24: the friends climb a china wall and meet the china people» 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/1609-pg55-part24/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:t10:1 # text = Ngl, what did the Scarecrow say he was thankful for? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Scarecrow Scarecrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 thankful thankful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Ngl | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Scarecrow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | Ngl | | | | | thankful *property* | 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} Being stuffed full ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:t10:o1:1 # text = Being stuffed full 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 stuffed stuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stuff** | gerund · passive | | | | | | full *property* | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme» | ### Option 2 {#o2} Being made of straw and not of china ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:t10:o2:1 # text = Being made of straw and not of china 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 china china NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund · passive | | | | | | of straw and china | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Being made of straw ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:t10:o3:1 # text = Being made of straw 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund · passive | | | | | | of straw | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | ### Option 4 {#o4} Being stuffed with straw so he could not break ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:t10:o4:1 # text = Being stuffed with straw so he could not break 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 stuffed stuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 so so SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stuff** | gerund · passive | | | | | | with straw | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: with straw=Theme | | 2 | **not** **break** | could | he | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **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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