--- title: Gutted for the brothers, were they? — Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Stor… · tree and pragmatics description: Gutted for the brothers, were they? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1672 «Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61: the princess begs Ciccu's purse for a copy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1672-pg5615-part61/t10/) [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/) / [Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Stor…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1672-pg5615-part61/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61:… Gutted for the brothers, were they? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** gut, be · **To what, where:** brothers This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1672 «Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61: the princess begs Ciccu's purse for a copy» 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/1672-pg5615-part61/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t10:1 # text = Gutted for the brothers, were they? 1 Gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | participle | | | | | | for the brothers | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | | brothers *= brother* | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} they were uneasy, figuring he had no cash ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t10:o1:1 # text = they were uneasy, figuring he had no cash 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 figuring figure VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 cash cash NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | uneasy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **figure** | gerund | they *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | he | no cash | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} they were cross, reckoning he'd cheated them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t10:o2:1 # text = they were cross, reckoning he'd cheated them 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cross cross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 reckoning reckon VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 cheated cheat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | cross *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reckon** | gerund | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **cheat** | past · perfect | he | them *= they* | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} they were fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t10:o3:1 # text = they were fine 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} they were relieved, thinking he'd stolen it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t10:o4:1 # text = they were relieved, thinking he'd stolen it 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 relieved relieved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | relieved *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **steal** | past · perfect | he | it | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=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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