--- title: did the herd-boy get a happy ending or nah — Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the… · tree and pragmatics description: did the herd-boy get a happy ending or nah Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1695-pg640-part19/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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1695-pg640-part19/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her… did the herd-boy get a happy ending or nah **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** herd boy · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** happy ending This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» 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/1695-pg640-part19/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t11:1 # text = did the herd-boy get a happy ending or nah 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 ending ending NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | the herd boy | a happy ending | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ending=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 {#o1} nope, sad end ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t11:o1:1 # text = nope, sad end 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, he went back to sheep and was lonely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t11:o2:1 # text = nah, he went back to sheep and was lonely 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past | he | | | | | to sheep *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to sheep=Result | | 2 | **is** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | lonely *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, he kept herding but got rich ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t11:o3:1 # text = nah, he kept herding but got rich 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 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 herding herd VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **herd** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **get** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yup, he married the girl and they lived happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:t11:o4:1 # text = yup, he married the girl and they lived happy 1 yup yup NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | past | he | the girl | | | | yup *vocative* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient | | 2 | **live** | past | they | | | | | happy *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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