--- title: Yo, what was the lady's big idea? — Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her De… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what was the lady's big idea? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1641 «Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her Destiny, part 30: Catherine gets a silken ball from her Destiny's sister» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1641-pg5615-part30/t8/) [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/) / [Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her De…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1641-pg5615-part30/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her Destiny, part 30: Cath… Yo, what was the lady's big idea? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big idea This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1641 «Sicilian Stories, Catherine and Her Destiny, part 30: Catherine gets a silken ball from her Destiny's sister» 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/1641-pg5615-part30/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:t8:1 # text = Yo, what was the lady's big idea? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the lady's big idea | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Ask her Destiny to talk to Catherine's Destiny ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:t8:o1:1 # text = Ask her Destiny to talk to Catherine's Destiny 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Destiny destiny NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Catherine Catherine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 Destiny Destiny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | her Destiny | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent destiny=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **talk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | Catherine's Destiny | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to destiny=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Get the barber to fix her hair, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:t8:o2:1 # text = Get the barber to fix her hair, lol 1 Get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 barber barber NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 lol lol INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | the barber | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fix** | to-infinitive | the barber *not said here* | barber's hair | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ask the king to fix it all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:t8:o3:1 # text = Ask the king to fix it all 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | the king | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **fix** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ask the sister to take her back home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1641-pg5615-part30:t8:o4:1 # text = Ask the sister to take her back home 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | the sister | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | her back | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=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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