--- title: Why did the Dragon go mad at the end? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Gran… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the Dragon go mad at the end? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1687 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldiers trick the Dragon with the answer to his riddle» 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/1687-pg640-part11/t9/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Gran…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1687-pg640-part11/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldier… Why did the Dragon go mad at the end? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dragon · **What happens:** go This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1687 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldiers trick the Dragon with the answer to his riddle» 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/1687-pg640-part11/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:t9:1 # text = Why did the Dragon go mad at the end? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the Dragon | | | | | mad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1} He was angry about the whip ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:t9:o1:1 # text = He was angry about the whip 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 whip whip NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | about the whip; angry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Because the answers beat him and he flew off shrieking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:t9:o2:1 # text = Because the answers beat him and he flew off shrieking 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 answers answer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 shrieking shriek VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | present | the answers | him *= he* | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | | 2 | **fly off** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **shriek** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because the three soldiers told him the answers out loud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:t9:o3:1 # text = Because the three soldiers told him the answers out loud 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 answers answer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 out out ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 loud loud ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the three soldiers | the answers | him *= he* | | | loud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient answer=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because the soldiers had tricked him with a riddle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:t9:o4:1 # text = Because the soldiers had tricked him with a riddle 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 tricked trick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trick** | past · perfect · passive | | the soldiers | | | | with a riddle | 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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