--- title: What did the birds warn him not to do? — Household Tales, The Youth and the Wit… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the birds warn him not to do? Test 11 · ★ 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's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1680-pg640-part4/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: t… What did the birds warn him not to do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** birds · **What happens:** do, warn, not do · **To what, where:** him This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t11:1 # text = What did the birds warn him not to do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 warn warn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | the birds | | him *= he* | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive | the birds *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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} Give any word or he'd lose his way. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t11:o1:1 # text = Give any word or he'd lose his way. 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | any word | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | would | he | his way | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Give any blood or he'd sell his soul. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t11:o2:1 # text = Give any blood or he'd sell his soul. 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | any blood | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | | 2 | **sell** | would | he | his soul | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Take any gold or he'd lose his soul. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t11:o3:1 # text = Take any gold or he'd lose his soul. 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | any gold | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | would | he | his soul | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Drink any wine. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:t11:o4:1 # text = Drink any wine. 1 Drink drink VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | imperative | you *not said here* | any wine | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient | **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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Household Tales, The Youth and the Wit…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1680-pg640-part4/t10/) - next →: [Household Tales, The Youth and the Wit…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1680-pg640-part4/t12/) - ↑ back to [Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: the birds lead him to the moonlit spring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1680-pg640-part4/)