--- title: Did the king come round to gawk at the house? — Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Stor… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the king come round to gawk at the house? Test 8 · ★ 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; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1672-pg5615-part61/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Wonder Tales from Many Lands, The Story of Ciccu, part 61:… Did the king come round to gawk at the house? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** come round, gawk This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t8:1 # text = Did the king come round to gawk at the house? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 round round ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 gawk gawk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come round** | present | the king | | | | | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **gawk** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | at the house | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at house=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} nah, he sent a message asking to see it another day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t8:o1:1 # text = nah, he sent a message asking to see it another day 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | he | a message | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | a message *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a message *not said here* | message | | | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, he sent men ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t8:o2:1 # text = nah, he sent men 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | he | men | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, he sent a messenger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t8:o3:1 # text = yeah, he sent a messenger 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | he | a messenger | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah, he came to see it himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1672-pg5615-part61:t8:o4:1 # text = yeah, he came to see it himself 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | he | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | it | | | | | 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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