--- title: Mate, the miller was minted before, yeah? What happened when he got… — Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond,… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, the miller was minted before, yeah? What happened when he got skint? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1702 «Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor miller strikes a bargain with a water spirit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/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/) / [Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1702-pg640-part26/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor mill… Mate, the miller was minted before, yeah? What happened when he got skint? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** miller · **What happens:** mint, happen, get · **To what, where:** miller This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1702 «Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor miller strikes a bargain with a water spirit» 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/1702-pg640-part26/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mate, the miller was minted before, yeah? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t1:1 # text = Mate, the miller was minted before, yeah? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 minted mint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 before before ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mint** | past · passive | | the miller | | | | Mate *vocative*; before *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What happened when he got skint? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t1:2 # text = What happened when he got skint? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 skint skint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | miller | | | | | skint *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He went broke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t1:o1:1 # text = He went broke 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 broke broke ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | He | | | | | broke *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He went dead gloomy and wandered about ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t1:o2:1 # text = He went dead gloomy and wandered about 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 gloomy gloomy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | He | | | | | gloomy *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wander** | past | He *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He took a job at the old church now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t1:o3:1 # text = He took a job at the old church now 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | He | a job | | the old church | now | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent job=Theme at church=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} He got sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1702-pg640-part26:t1:o4:1 # text = He got sad 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | He | | | | | sad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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