--- title: Those maidens in the valleys, what were they doing? — Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the W… · tree and pragmatics description: Those maidens in the valleys, what were they doing? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1781 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru crosses the ice and the heat, then throws away the copper wreath» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1781-pg641-part32/t9/) [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 Fairy Tales, Petru and the W…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1781-pg641-part32/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru… Those maidens in the valleys, what were they doing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** maidens · **What happens:** do This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1781 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru crosses the ice and the heat, then throws away the copper wreath» 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/1781-pg641-part32/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t9:1 # text = Those maidens in the valleys, what were they doing? 1 Those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 valleys valley NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | that maidens in the valleys | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} singing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t9:o1:1 # text = singing 1 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} whispering his name ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t9:o2:1 # text = whispering his name 1 whispering whisper VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | gerund | | his name | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic | | 2 | **name** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} waving ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t9:o3:1 # text = waving 1 waving wave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | gerund | | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} calling him softly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:t9:o4:1 # text = calling him softly 1 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 softly softly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | gerund | | | him *= he* | | | softly *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | **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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