--- title: Did she send him a letter or just shout across the palace? — Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Did she send him a letter or just shout across the palace? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1784 «Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wild horses and wins the princess with a magic knife.» 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/1784-pg641-part35/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/) / [Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1784-pg641-part35/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wi… Did she send him a letter or just shout across the palace? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** send, shout · **To what, where:** letter, him, palace This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1784 «Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wild horses and wins the princess with a magic knife.» 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/1784-pg641-part35/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:t4:1 # text = Did she send him a letter or just shout across the palace? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 shout shout VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 across across ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · do-support | she | a letter | him *= he* | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination letter=Theme | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | infinitive | she *not said here* | | | the palace | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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 {#o1} She shouted across the palace garden to him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:t4:o1:1 # text = She shouted across the palace garden to him 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 across across ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | She | | him *= he* | the palace garden | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} She sent a messenger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:t4:o2:1 # text = She sent a messenger 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | She | a messenger | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} She sent a servant to tell him by word of mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:t4:o3:1 # text = She sent a servant to tell him by word of mouth 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | She | a servant | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | by word of mouth | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **word** | | | mouth | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She wrote him a letter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:t4:o4:1 # text = She wrote him a letter 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past | She | a letter | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient letter=Topic | **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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