--- title: Mate, what did the goons sing while they were beating her? — pg641, The Envious Neighbour, part 1:… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what did the goons sing while they were beating her? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1777 «pg641, The Envious Neighbour, part 1: the peasant's sack, then a dog who digs up gold and is killed by a greedy neighbour» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1777-pg641-part28/t4/) [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/) / [pg641, The Envious Neighbour, part 1:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1777-pg641-part28/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · pg641, The Envious Neighbour, part 1: the peasant's sack,… Mate, what did the goons sing while they were beating her? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, goons · **What happens:** do, sing, beat · **To what, where:** goons, Mate This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1777 «pg641, The Envious Neighbour, part 1: the peasant's sack, then a dog who digs up gold and is killed by a greedy neighbour» 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/1777-pg641-part28/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1777-pg641-part28:t4:1 # text = Mate, what did the goons sing while they were beating her? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 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 goons goon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Mate | the goons | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goon=Eventuality | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Mate | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **beat** | past · progressive | goons *= goon* | Mate | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme | 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} Bash her, bash her, crone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1777-pg641-part28:t4:o1:1 # text = Bash her, bash her, crone 1 Bash bash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 bash bash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 crone crone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bash** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 2 | **bash** | infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent she=Patient crone=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} Blows will hurt you, old wife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1777-pg641-part28:t4:o2:1 # text = Blows will hurt you, old wife 1 Blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | future | Blows | you | | | | old wife *obl* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Blows will hurt, remember, crone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1777-pg641-part28:t4:o3:1 # text = Blows will hurt, remember, crone 1 Blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 crone crone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | future | Blows | crone | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **remember** | infinitive | Blows *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ouch, stop! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1777-pg641-part28:t4:o4:1 # text = Ouch, stop! 1 Ouch ouch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | infinitive | Ouch | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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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