--- title: why did the Fairy's dagger snap on the monk? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: why did the Fairy's dagger snap on the monk? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1710 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, part 34: a bridge of clouds, a duck, a vanishing church and a boar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1710-pg640-part34/t5/) [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 Black Fairy, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1710-pg640-part34/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, part 34: a bridge of c… why did the Fairy's dagger snap on the monk? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Fairy · **What happens:** do, snap · **To what, where:** dagger snap This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1710 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, part 34: a bridge of clouds, a duck, a vanishing church and a boar» 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/1710-pg640-part34/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:t5:1 # text = why did the Fairy's dagger snap on the monk? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 dagger dagger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 snap snap NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the Fairy's dagger snap | | | | on the monk | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snap=Eventuality | | 2 | **snap** | | the Fairy | | | | | | nom snap «act transitive»: poss=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 {#o1} the monk was too hard, bruv, he had a holy blessing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:t5:o1:1 # text = the monk was too hard, bruv, he had a holy blessing 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the monk | | | | | bruv *vocative*; hard *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | monk | a holy blessing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blessing=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} the monk was too hard, bruv, his prayers protected him all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:t5:o2:1 # text = the monk was too hard, bruv, his prayers protected him all day 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 protected protect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the monk | | | | | bruv *vocative*; hard *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **protect** | past | monk's prayers | | monk | | day | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 3 | **pray** | | monk | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} the blade was too thin, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:t5:o3:1 # text = the blade was too thin, bruv 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 blade blade NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the blade | | | | | bruv *vocative*; thin *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the monk was too hard, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:t5:o4:1 # text = the monk was too hard, bruv 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the monk | | | | | bruv *vocative*; hard *property* | 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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