--- title: bro the goblin borrowed the wife's tongue, like for real, so what ha… — Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the G… · tree and pragmatics description: bro the goblin borrowed the wife's tongue, like for real, so what happened next? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1614 «Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin borrows a tongue and saves a book from fire» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1614-pg5615-part3/t1/) [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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the G…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1614-pg5615-part3/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin bo… bro the goblin borrowed the wife's tongue, like for real, so what happened next? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro goblin · **What happens:** borrow, happen · **To what, where:** tongue This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1614 «Andersen's Tales, The Goblin and the Grocer: the goblin borrows a tongue and saves a book from fire» 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/1614-pg5615-part3/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:t1:1 # text = bro the goblin borrowed the wife's tongue, like for real, so what happened next? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 goblin goblin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 borrowed borrow 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 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 16 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 next next ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **borrow** | past | the bro goblin | the wife's tongue | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | | 2 | **happen** | past | | | | | | next *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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} the grocer fell asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:t1:o1:1 # text = the grocer fell asleep 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 grocer grocer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the grocer | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} the fire alarm rang and the tub started talking loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:t1:o2:1 # text = the fire alarm rang and the tub started talking loudly 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tub tub NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 10 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | past | the fire alarm | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **start** | past | the tub | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **talk** | gerund | the tub *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the tub started talking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:t1:o3:1 # text = the tub started talking 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tub tub NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past | the tub | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | the tub *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} the tub started talking about poetry and art ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1614-pg5615-part3:t1:o4:1 # text = the tub started talking about poetry and art 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tub tub NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past | the tub | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | the tub *not said here* | | | | | about poetry and art | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about poetry=Topic | **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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