--- title: bro, how big was the giant? — Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o… · tree and pragmatics description: bro, how big was the giant? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1782 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 33: Petru reaches Venus's house, wins her trust, and sets out for the Fairy's castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1782-pg641-part33/t10/) [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/1782-pg641-part33/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 33:… bro, how big was the giant? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** be This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1782 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 33: Petru reaches Venus's house, wins her trust, and sets out for the Fairy's castle» 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/1782-pg641-part33/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:t10:1 # text = bro, how big was the giant? 1 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | bro | | | | | giant *property* | tree rules | 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} so big he needed a ladder to see ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:t10:o1:1 # text = so big he needed a ladder to see 1 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | past | he | a ladder | | | | big *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot ladder=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | a ladder *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} huge, and snoring under the trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:t10:o2:1 # text = huge, and snoring under the trees 1 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 snoring snore VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snore** | gerund | | | | the trees | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} big enough he stopped to measure him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:t10:o3:1 # text = big enough he stopped to measure him 1 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 2 enough enough ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 measure measure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | he | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **measure** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme he=Value | ### Option 4 {#o4} big enough he stopped to measure him with his own hands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1782-pg641-part33:t10:o4:1 # text = big enough he stopped to measure him with his own hands 1 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 2 enough enough ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 measure measure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | he | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **measure** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | with his own hands | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme he=Value | **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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