--- title: Mate, why wasn't the youth lonely on his walks? — Household Tales, The Youth and the Wit… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, why wasn't the youth lonely on his walks? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1680 «Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: the birds lead him to the moonlit spring» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1680-pg640-part4/t1/) [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/) / [Household Tales, The Youth and the Wit…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1680-pg640-part4/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: t… Mate, why wasn't the youth lonely on his walks? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, his · **What happens:** not be, walk · **To what, where:** walks This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1680 «Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: the birds lead him to the moonlit spring» 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/1680-pg640-part4/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t1:1 # text = Mate, why wasn't the youth lonely on his walks? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 walks walk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | Mate | | | his walks | | the youth *obl:unmarked*; lonely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} Cos he had his dog. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t1:o1:1 # text = Cos he had his dog. 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | he | his dog | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Cos he could understand what birds were saying. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t1:o2:1 # text = Cos he could understand what birds were saying. 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 6 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | could | he | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | birds | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cos he could talk to people he met. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t1:o3:1 # text = Cos he could talk to people he met. 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | could | he | | | | | to people | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to people=Co-Agent | | 2 | **meet** | past | he | people *not said here* | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cos he had a horse to ride. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t1:o4:1 # text = Cos he had a horse to ride. 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | he | a horse | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 2 | **ride** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | a horse *not said here* | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | **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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