--- title: yo, why'd the old dude even want a bride, lol? — Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird… · tree and pragmatics description: yo, why'd the old dude even want a bride, lol? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1647 «Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth reaches the moat round the church» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1647-pg5615-part36/t1/) [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/) / [Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1647-pg5615-part36/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth… yo, why'd the old dude even want a bride, lol? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** want · **To what, where:** old dude This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1647 «Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth reaches the moat round the church» 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/1647-pg5615-part36/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:t1:1 # text = yo, why'd the old dude even want a bride, lol? 1 yo yo INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 13 lol lol INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | | the old dude | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bride=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} cos he was rich ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:t1:o1:1 # text = cos he was rich 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | cos *not said here* | | | | rich *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} cos he was lonely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:t1:o2:1 # text = cos he was lonely 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | cos *not said here* | | | | lonely *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} cos his brothers all had brides and he wanted one too, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:t1:o3:1 # text = cos his brothers all had brides and he wanted one too, innit 1 cos co VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 brides bride NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 obj _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 innit innit INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **co** | present | | his brothers | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | | brides | | | | all *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Patient | | 3 | **want** | past | he | one | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} cos he was lonely and wanted someone to look after the cottage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:t1:o4:1 # text = cos he was lonely and wanted someone to look after the cottage 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | cos | | | | | lonely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | past | cos *not said here* | someone | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | someone *not said here* | | | | after the cottage | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | **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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