--- title: Real talk, why did Ring want to peek in that parlour? — Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: bar… · tree and pragmatics description: Real talk, why did Ring want to peek in that parlour? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1731 «Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: barrel to an island, the Giant's service, the wild oxen» 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/1731-pg640-part55/t7/) [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/) / [Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: bar…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1731-pg640-part55/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: barrel to an island, th… Real talk, why did Ring want to peek in that parlour? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** want, peek This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1731 «Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: barrel to an island, the Giant's service, the wild oxen» 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/1731-pg640-part55/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:t7:1 # text = Real talk, why did Ring want to peek in that parlour? 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 Ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 peek peek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 parlour parlour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **peek** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | in that parlour | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in parlour=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} he wanted to see inside ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:t7:o1:1 # text = he wanted to see inside 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 inside inside ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | inside *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} he thought it held a secret treasure of gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:t7:o2:1 # text = he thought it held a secret treasure of gold 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | past | it | a secret treasure of gold | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme | | 3 | **treasure** | | | gold | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he thought there was loot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:t7:o3:1 # text = he thought there was loot 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 loot loot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | loot | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} he heard someone crying ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:t7:o4:1 # text = he heard someone crying 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | he | someone | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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