--- title: wait so why's she getting burnt, fam? — Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent… · tree and pragmatics description: wait so why's she getting burnt, fam? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1679 «Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers but is condemned to burn» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1679-pg640-part3/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/) / [Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1679-pg640-part3/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her bro… wait so why's she getting burnt, fam? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, she · **What happens:** wait, get · **To what, where:** burnt fam This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1679 «Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers but is condemned to burn» 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/1679-pg640-part3/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t5:1 # text = wait so why's she getting burnt, fam? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 7 burnt burnt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present · progressive | she | burnt fam | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fam=Stimulus | 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} cos the law said she had to be burnt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t5:o1:1 # text = cos the law said she had to be burnt 1 cos cos VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the law | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | past | law | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **burnt** | to-infinitive · passive | law *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} cos the mum said she ate them, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t5:o2:1 # text = cos the mum said she ate them, mate 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | mate *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the mum | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **eat** | past | mum | them *= they* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} cos the king just said so, fam ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t5:o3:1 # text = cos the king just said so, fam 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | fam | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} cos the king's council decided she was guilty after hearing the wicked mother's story ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t5:o4:1 # text = cos the king's council decided she was guilty after hearing the wicked mother's story 1 cos cos VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 reparandum _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 guilty guilty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 10 after after SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **decide** | past | the king's council | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | council | | | | | guilty *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | gerund | the king's council *not said here* | the wicked mother's story | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=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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