--- title: bro, why did the dragon do all the heavy work? — Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part… · tree and pragmatics description: bro, why did the dragon do all the heavy work? Test 7 · ★ 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 rig --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1770-pg641-part21/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Stan and the Dragon, part 21: Stan outwits th… bro, why did the dragon do all the heavy work? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** dragon, heavy work This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t7:1 # text = bro, why did the dragon do all the heavy work? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ 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=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the dragon | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** | present | bro | all heavy work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | 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} cause Stan was strong ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t7:o1:1 # text = cause Stan was strong 1 cause cause VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 2 | **is** | past | Stan | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} cause Stan threatened him with the moon and the brook ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t7:o2:1 # text = cause Stan threatened him with the moon and the brook 1 cause cause VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Stan Stan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 threatened threaten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **threaten** | past | Stan | him *= he* | | | | with the moon and the brook | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} cause the dragon was just lazy that day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t7:o3:1 # text = cause the dragon was just lazy that day 1 cause cause VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ### Option 4 {#o4} cause the mom ordered him to do it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1770-pg641-part21:t7:o4:1 # text = cause the mom ordered him to do it 1 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mom mom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 2 | **order** | past | the cause mom | | him *= he* | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the cause mom *not said here* | it | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | **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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