--- title: Ngl, what's a dowry in this story? — pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, what's a dowry in this story? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1618-pg5615-part7/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/) / [pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1618-pg5615-part7/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns th… Ngl, what's a dowry in this story? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** dowry, story This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» 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/1618-pg5615-part7/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t10:1 # text = Ngl, what's a dowry in this story? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dowry dowry NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Ngl | a dowry | | this story | | | 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 {#o1} A gift of gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t10:o1:1 # text = A gift of gold 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gift** | | | gold | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A fairy story he brings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t10:o2:1 # text = A fairy story he brings 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | present | he | a fairy story *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent story=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A fine horse from the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t10:o3:1 # text = A fine horse from the king 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A wedding ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1618-pg5615-part7:t10:o4:1 # text = A wedding ring 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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