--- title: what's the little rod thing for, then? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comra… · tree and pragmatics description: what's the little rod thing for, then? Test 9 · ★ 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 o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1735-pg640-part59/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Ir… what's the little rod thing for, then? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** little rod thing This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t9:1 # text = what's the little rod thing for, then? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the little rod 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} wake the sleepers up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t9:o1:1 # text = wake the sleepers up 1 wake wake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sleepers sleeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sleepers | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sleeper=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} it wakes up whoever's been put to sleep in the room, all of them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t9:o2:1 # text = it wakes up whoever's been put to sleep in the room, all of them 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wakes wake VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake up** | present | it | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **put** | present · passive | | whoever | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | the room | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} bring the lads round ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t9:o3:1 # text = bring the lads round 1 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 round round ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | the lads | | | | round *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent lad=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} it's for waking up the sleeping blokes, so they can get out proper quick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t9:o4:1 # text = it's for waking up the sleeping blokes, so they can get out proper quick 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 for for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 waking wake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 blokes bloke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 out out ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 proper properly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 quick quick ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake up** | present · progressive | it | the sleeping blokes | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bloke=Patient | | 2 | **get out** | can | blokes *= bloke* | | | | | out, quick *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «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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