--- title: Gutted for the dragon, but what made him fall off? — Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Gutted for the dragon, but what made him fall off? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1761 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, part 1: a king is taken prisoner and his queen sets out disguised as a boy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1761-pg641-part12/t6/) [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/) / [Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1761-pg641-part12/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, part 1: a king is take… Gutted for the dragon, but what made him fall off? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dragon · **What happens:** gut, make, fall off · **To what, where:** dragon This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1761 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Lute Player, part 1: a king is taken prisoner and his queen sets out disguised as a boy» 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/1761-pg641-part12/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t6:1 # text = Gutted for the dragon, but what made him fall off? 1 Gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 8 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | participle | | | | | | for the dragon | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | past | | dragon | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fall off** | infinitive | dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} a magic arrow hitting his horse, which then rears and plunges wildly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t6:o1:1 # text = a magic arrow hitting his horse, which then rears and plunges wildly 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 hitting hit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 rears rear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 plunges plunge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 13 wildly wildly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | gerund | a magic arrow *not said here* | arrow's horse | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme horse=Co-Theme | | 2 | **rear** | present | a magic arrow | | | | then | wildly *property* | vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} his horse bucking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t6:o2:1 # text = his horse bucking 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bucking bucking NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the sword of the prince ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t6:o3:1 # text = the sword of the prince 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} his horse rearing and plunging ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1761-pg641-part12:t6:o4:1 # text = his horse rearing and plunging 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rearing rear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 plunging plunge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rear** | gerund | his horse | | | | | | vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **plunge** | gerund | his horse *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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