--- title: lol, why did the dragon's jaw drop at the brook? — Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part… · tree and pragmatics description: lol, why did the dragon's jaw drop at the brook? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1770 «Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1770-pg641-part21/t10/) [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, Stan and the Dragon, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1770-pg641-part21/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th… lol, why did the dragon's jaw drop at the brook? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** jaw · **What happens:** do, drop · **To what, where:** brook This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1770 «Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits the dragon and his mother» 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/1770-pg641-part21/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t10:1 # text = lol, why did the dragon's jaw drop at the brook? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 why why 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 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 jaw jaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 drop drop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **drop** | present | the dragon's jaw | | | the brook | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at brook=Trajectory | 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} Stan said the brook was his now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t10:o1:1 # text = Stan said the brook was his now 1 Stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say 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 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Stan | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | | brook | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} the dragon heard the brook was poisoned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t10:o2:1 # text = the dragon heard the brook was poisoned 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the dragon | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **poison** | past · passive | | the brook | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Stan had already drained the brook into the trough at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t10:o3:1 # text = Stan had already drained the brook into the trough at night 1 Stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 already already ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 drained drain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 trough trough NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drain** | past · perfect | Stan | the brook | | the trough | night | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination»: agent=Agent brook=Theme into trough=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Stan said he'd take the whole brook away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t10:o4:1 # text = Stan said he'd take the whole brook away 1 Stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Stan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** | would | Stan | the whole brook | | | | away *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brook=Theme | **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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