--- title: Was the messenger quick or was he a total slowcoach? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants,… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the messenger quick or was he a total slowcoach? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1643 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new helpers join the ship and the king's fleet is blinded by fog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1643-pg5615-part32/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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1643-pg5615-part32/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new he… Was the messenger quick or was he a total slowcoach? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** messenger, he · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** total slowcoach This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1643 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 32: the new helpers join the ship and the king's fleet is blinded by fog» 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/1643-pg5615-part32/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1643-pg5615-part32:t6:1 # text = Was the messenger quick or was he a total slowcoach? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 slowcoach slowcoach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the messenger | | | | | quick *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | he | a total slowcoach | | | | | 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} He was zooming, but he went sleepy and nearly missed it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1643-pg5615-part32:t6:o1:1 # text = He was zooming, but he went sleepy and nearly missed it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 zooming zoom VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 sleepy sleepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 missed miss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **zoom** | past · progressive | He | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | he | | | | | sleepy *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **miss** | past | He *not said here* | it | | | | nearly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} He ran fast at first but then he got a bit slow and sleepy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1643-pg5615-part32:t6:o2:1 # text = He ran fast at first but then he got a bit slow and sleepy 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 obl _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 sleepy sleepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | He | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at first=Trajectory | | 2 | **get** | past | he | | | | then | slow *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Slow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1643-pg5615-part32:t6:o3:1 # text = Slow 1 Slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} He was quick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1643-pg5615-part32:t6:o4:1 # text = He was quick 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | quick *property* | tree rules | **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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