--- title: what's the pin all about, though? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comra… · tree and pragmatics description: what's the pin all about, though? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1735 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Irishman frees the Princess but is pinned to sleep by the lad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1735-pg640-part59/t11/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comra…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1735-pg640-part59/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Ir… what's the pin all about, though? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pin · **What happens:** be This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1735 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Irishman frees the Princess but is pinned to sleep by the lad» 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/1735-pg640-part59/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t11:1 # text = what's the pin all about, though? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 though though ADP IN _ 1 case _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the pin | | | | | about *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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} wakes him up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t11:o1:1 # text = wakes him up 1 wakes wake VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake up** | present | | him *= he* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} keeps him still tight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t11:o2:1 # text = keeps him still tight 1 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | | him *= he* | | | | tight *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} sends him off to sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t11:o3:1 # text = sends him off to sleep 1 sends send VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send off** | present | | him *= he* | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} knocks him right out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t11:o4:1 # text = knocks him right out 1 knocks knock VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knock** | present | | him *= he* | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | **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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