--- title: Mate, what even was the myrtle thing? — Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what even was the myrtle thing? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1707 «Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the Princess wins her prince and becomes queen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1707-pg640-part31/t3/) [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/) / [Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1707-pg640-part31/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the Princess wins her p… Mate, what even was the myrtle thing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** myrtle thing This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1707 «Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the Princess wins her prince and becomes queen» 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/1707-pg640-part31/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:t3:1 # text = Mate, what even was the myrtle thing? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 myrtle myrtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Mate and the myrtle thing | the myrtle thing | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A bower sprang up round her to kip ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:t3:o1:1 # text = A bower sprang up round her to kip 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 round round ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 kip kip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring up** | past | a bower | | | | | round her *= she* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kip** | to-infinitive | a bower *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} A shed popped up near her to nap in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:t3:o2:1 # text = A shed popped up near her to nap in 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shed shed NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 popped pop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 nap nap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pop up** | participle | | a shed *not said here* | | | | near her *= she* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near she=Location | | 2 | **nap** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} A whole myrtle forest sprang up round her so she could kip for hours ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:t3:o3:1 # text = A whole myrtle forest sprang up round her so she could kip for hours 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 myrtle myrtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 round round ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 kip kip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring up** | past | a whole myrtle forest | | | | | round her *= she* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kip** | could | forest | | | | hour | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} A bower sprang up round her to kip, all green and shady and cosy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1707-pg640-part31:t3:o4:1 # text = A bower sprang up round her to kip, all green and shady and cosy 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 round round ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 kip kip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 shady shady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 cosy cosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring up** | past | a bower | | | | | round her *= she* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kip** | to-infinitive | a bower *not said here* | | | | | | 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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