--- title: Ngl, why was the hubby fed up with her? — Tales of the East, How a Fish Swam in… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, why was the hubby fed up with her? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1775 «Tales of the East, How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water, part 2: a pot of gold, a fake fish and hare, and a wife who spends it all» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1775-pg641-part26/t13/) [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/) / [Tales of the East, How a Fish Swam in…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1775-pg641-part26/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Tales of the East, How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare i… Ngl, why was the hubby fed up with her? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** be, feed up · **To what, where:** hubby This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1775 «Tales of the East, How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water, part 2: a pot of gold, a fake fish and hare, and a wife who spends it all» 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/1775-pg641-part26/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1775-pg641-part26:t13:1 # text = Ngl, why was the hubby fed up with her? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 1 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hubby hubby NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Ngl | the hubby | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **feed up** | participle | | the hubby *not said here* | | | | with Ngl | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: 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} She would never stop spending their gold on feasts for the whole village ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1775-pg641-part26:t13:o1:1 # text = She would never stop spending their gold on feasts for the whole village 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 spending spend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 feasts feast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stop** | would | She | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **spend** | gerund | She *not said here* | their gold | | | | on feasts *goal*; for the whole village | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent gold=Asset on feast=Goal | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She wouldn't stop spending ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1775-pg641-part26:t13:o2:1 # text = She wouldn't stop spending 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 spending spending NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stop** | would | She | spending | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector spending=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} She kept spending all the money on feasts and gifts for everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1775-pg641-part26:t13:o3:1 # text = She kept spending all the money on feasts and gifts for everyone 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 spending spend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 feasts feast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | She | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **spend** | gerund | She *not said here* | all money | | | | on feasts and gifts *goal*; for everyone | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent money=Asset on feast=Goal | ### Option 4 {#o4} She kept buying useless things ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1775-pg641-part26:t13:o4:1 # text = She kept buying useless things 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 buying buy VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | She | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **buy** | gerund | She *not said here* | useless things | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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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