--- title: Why was the tree bloke carrying whole trees, then? — Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit… · tree and pragmatics description: Why was the tree bloke carrying whole trees, then? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1642 «Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter, part 31: three ships, a hermit and two strange helpers» 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/1642-pg5615-part31/t11/) [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/) / [Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1642-pg5615-part31/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the K… Why was the tree bloke carrying whole trees, then? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tree bloke · **What happens:** carry · **To what, where:** whole trees This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1642 «Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter, part 31: three ships, a hermit and two strange helpers» 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/1642-pg5615-part31/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t11:1 # text = Why was the tree bloke carrying whole trees, then? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bloke bloke NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past · progressive | the tree bloke | whole trees | | | then | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=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 {#o1} He said he'd chopped firewood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t11:o1:1 # text = He said he'd chopped firewood 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 chopped chop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 6 firewood firewood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **chop** | past · perfect | he | firewood | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firewood=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He reckoned he'd only got stones ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t11:o2:1 # text = He reckoned he'd only got stones 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckoned reckon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 7 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past | He | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past · perfect | he | stones | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stone=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He reckoned he'd only gathered brushwood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t11:o3:1 # text = He reckoned he'd only gathered brushwood 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckoned reckon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 7 brushwood brushwood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past | He | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **gather** | past · perfect | he | brushwood | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brushwood=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He was just lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1642-pg5615-part31:t11:o4:1 # text = He was just lost 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | **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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