--- title: Fr, why did the Princess yell "Don't chase me!"? — Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country… · tree and pragmatics description: Fr, why did the Princess yell "Don't chase me!"? Test 4 · ★ 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 each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1609-pg55-part24/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country, part 24: the frien… Fr, why did the Princess yell "Don't chase me!"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess yell · **What happens:** do, not chase · **To what, where:** Princess yell, me This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:t4:1 # text = Fr, why did the Princess yell "Don't chase me!"? 1 Fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 yell yell NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 chase chase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the Princess yell | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yell=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **chase** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | the Princess yell *not said here* | me | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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} She feared the Scarecrow would knock her over ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:t4:o1:1 # text = She feared the Scarecrow would knock her over 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Scarecrow scarecrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 over over ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | She | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **knock over** | would | the Scarecrow | her *= she* | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} She thought they'd stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:t4:o2:1 # text = She thought they'd stop 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | She | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | would | they | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She feared she'd break ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:t4:o3:1 # text = She feared she'd break 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | She | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **break** | would | she | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} She was afraid they would take her away to Kansas ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:t4:o4:1 # text = She was afraid they would take her away to Kansas 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Kansas Kansas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take away** | would | they | her *= she* | Kansas | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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