--- title: Was the coverlet a wicked magic blanket thing? — Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Stor… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the coverlet a wicked magic blanket thing? Test 5 · ★ 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; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1672-pg5615-part61/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61:… Was the coverlet a wicked magic blanket thing? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** coverlet This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t5:1 # text = Was the coverlet a wicked magic blanket thing? 1 Was 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 coverlet coverlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 csubj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 blanket blanket NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the coverlet | | | | | 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} it took him anywhere he wished ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t5:o1:1 # text = it took him anywhere he wished 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 anywhere anywhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 2 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | it | | him *= he* | | | anywhere *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 2 | **wish** | past | he | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} it carried him through the air to any place he wished to go ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t5:o2:1 # text = it carried him through the air to any place he wished to go 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | it | him *= he* | | the air | | to any place | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to place=Destination | | 2 | **wish** | past | he | any place *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} it took him to the king's palace and nowhere else ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t5:o3:1 # text = it took him to the king's palace and nowhere else 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 nowhere nowhere ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 11 else else ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | it | him *= he* | | the king's palace | | nowhere *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to palace=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} it made him invisible at will ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t5:o4:1 # text = it made him invisible at will 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | it | him *= he* | | | | invisible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product | **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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