--- title: wait, why were the flowers so dangerous to pick, like proper cursed? — Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, why were the flowers so dangerous to pick, like proper cursed? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1779 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30: Petru meets a seven-headed dragon, fails, gets a magic horse, and resists the copper flowers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1779-pg641-part30/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/) / [Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1779-pg641-part30/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30:… wait, why were the flowers so dangerous to pick, like proper cursed? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, flowers · **What happens:** wait, be, pick, curse This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1779 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30: Petru meets a seven-headed dragon, fails, gets a magic horse, and resists the copper flowers» 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/1779-pg641-part30/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t7:1 # text = wait, why were the flowers so dangerous to pick, like proper cursed? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 like like SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 proper properly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the flowers | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **pick** | to-infinitive | the flowers *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **curse** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | properly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} they were under a curse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t7:o1:1 # text = they were under a curse 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | a curse | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} the flowers were guarded by a witch who would strike ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t7:o2:1 # text = the flowers were guarded by a witch who would strike 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | past · passive | a witch | the flowers | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | | 2 | **strike** | would | a witch | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} the flowers belonged to the Welwa who would strike back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t7:o3:1 # text = the flowers belonged to the Welwa who would strike back 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Welwa Welwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **belong** | past | the flowers | | | | | to the Welwa | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **strike back** | would | the Welwa | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} they were full of magic ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:t7:o4:1 # text = they were full of magic 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | of magic; full *property* | tree rules | **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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