--- title: Wait, did the kids nearly knock the whole tree over? — Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: th… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, did the kids nearly knock the whole tree over? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1629 «Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed for Christmas, hears a story, and is then shut away in a dark loft» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1629-pg5615-part18/t6/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1629-pg5615-part18/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed fo… Wait, did the kids nearly knock the whole tree over? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, kids · **What happens:** wait, do, knock over · **To what, where:** whole tree This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1629 «Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed for Christmas, hears a story, and is then shut away in a dark loft» 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/1629-pg5615-part18/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t6:1 # text = Wait, did the kids nearly knock the whole tree over? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 knock knock VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **knock over** | present | the kids | the whole tree | | | | nearly *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent tree=Patient | 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} "Yeah, they grabbed the sweets, mental." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t6:o1:1 # text = "Yeah, they grabbed the sweets, mental." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 grabbed grab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mental mental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** *in a quote* | past | they | the sweets | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} "Nah, they just cried, bruv." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t6:o2:1 # text = "Nah, they just cried, bruv." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | they | bruv | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} "Yeah, they rushed it so the boughs creaked, mental." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t6:o3:1 # text = "Yeah, they rushed it so the boughs creaked, mental." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 so so SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 creaked creak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 mental mental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** *in a quote* | past | they | it | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory | | 2 | **creak** *in a quote* | past | the boughs | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} "Yeah, proper mental." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1629-pg5615-part18:t6:o4:1 # text = "Yeah, proper mental." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 mental mental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` 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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: th…, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1629-pg5615-part18/t5/) - next →: [Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: th…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1629-pg5615-part18/t7/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Tales, The Fir-Tree, part 18: the tree is dressed for Christmas, hears a story, and is then shut away in a dark loft](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1629-pg5615-part18/)