--- title: Were the brothers gutted when the king said three days or lose their… — Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Were the brothers gutted when the king said three days or lose their heads? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1657 «Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals the dove, then the king asks for a golden-bristled boar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1657-pg5615-part46/t3/) [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/) / [Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1657-pg5615-part46/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals th… Were the brothers gutted when the king said three days or lose their heads? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brothers, king · **What happens:** be, gut, say, lose · **To what, where:** brothers, heads · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1657 «Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals the dove, then the king asks for a golden-bristled boar» 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/1657-pg5615-part46/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t3:1 # text = Were the brothers gutted when the king said three days or lose their heads? 1 Were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gutted gut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the brothers | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **gut** | past | the brothers | | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lose** | present | the brothers *not said here* | brothers's heads | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality | 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 were dead chuffed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t3:o1:1 # text = Yeah, they were dead chuffed 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **chuff** | participle | they *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yeah, they were proper gutted, mate, no lie ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t3:o2:1 # text = Yeah, they were proper gutted, mate, no lie 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 proper properly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | past · passive | | they | | | | mate and no lie *vocative*; properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, they were proper gutted and well upset ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t3:o3:1 # text = Yeah, they were proper gutted and well upset 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 proper properly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 upset upset ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | past · passive | | they | | | | properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, they were proper gutted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t3:o4:1 # text = Yeah, they were proper gutted 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 proper properly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | past · passive | | they | | | | properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | **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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