--- title: why did stan turn back on the road home, honestly? — Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, p… · tree and pragmatics description: why did stan turn back on the road home, honestly? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1769 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, part 20: Stan wants children, gets a hundred, and meets a dragon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1769-pg641-part20/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/) / [Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1769-pg641-part20/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, part 20: Stan wants c… why did stan turn back on the road home, honestly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stan · **What happens:** turn back · **To what, where:** road This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1769 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, part 20: Stan wants children, gets a hundred, and meets a dragon» 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/1769-pg641-part20/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1769-pg641-part20:t12:1 # text = why did stan turn back on the road home, honestly? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn back** | past · do-support | stan | | | the road | | home, honestly *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 feared the dragon behind him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1769-pg641-part20:t12:o1:1 # text = he feared the dragon behind him 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 behind behind ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | he | the dragon | | | | behind dragon | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dragon=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} he thought about his hungry kids ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1769-pg641-part20:t12:o2:1 # text = he thought about his hungry kids 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 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | about his hungry kids | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about kid=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} he had heard a rumour that the dragon's mother had sent a shadow to follow him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1769-pg641-part20:t12:o3:1 # text = he had heard a rumour that the dragon's mother had sent a shadow to follow him 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rumour rumour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | he | a rumour | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | the dragon's mother | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination shadow=Theme | | 3 | **follow** | to-infinitive | | dragon | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} he worried about the cold road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1769-pg641-part20:t12:o4:1 # text = he worried about the cold road 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 worried worry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **worry** | past | he | | | | | about the cold road | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about road=Stimulus | **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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