--- title: Tbh, how did the ladies block the view? — Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince… · tree and pragmatics description: Tbh, how did the ladies block the view? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1734 «Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self and the Princess is sent away to sing outside» 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/1734-pg640-part58/t12/) [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 Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1734-pg640-part58/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self… Tbh, how did the ladies block the view? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ladies · **What happens:** do, block · **To what, where:** view This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1734 «Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the Prince shows his true self and the Princess is sent away to sing outside» 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/1734-pg640-part58/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:t12:1 # text = Tbh, how did the ladies block the view? 1 Tbh tbh ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 block block VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | tbh *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **block** | present | the ladies | the view | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer view=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 {#o1} spread their dresses out in front and whispered loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:t12:o1:1 # text = spread their dresses out in front and whispered loudly 1 spread spread VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread out** | imperative | you *not said here* | their dresses | | front | | out *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dress=Theme in front=Destination | | 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | you *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} spread their dresses out in front ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:t12:o2:1 # text = spread their dresses out in front 1 spread spread VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread out** | imperative | you *not said here* | their dresses | | front | | out *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dress=Theme in front=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} held up their skirts in the air ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:t12:o3:1 # text = held up their skirts in the air 1 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 skirts skirt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold up** | participle | | | | | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 4 {#o4} spread their dresses out in front while the Emperor was watching ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1734-pg640-part58:t12:o4:1 # text = spread their dresses out in front while the Emperor was watching 1 spread spread VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread out** | imperative | you *not said here* | their dresses | | front | | out *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dress=Theme in front=Destination | | 2 | **watch** | past · progressive | the Emperor | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: 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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