--- title: wait, why'd the old lady say no? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, why'd the old lady say no? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1819 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam, part 3: magic things carry the prince to the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1819-pg7128-part3/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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1819-pg7128-part3/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam,… wait, why'd the old lady say no? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, old lady · **What happens:** wait, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1819 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam, part 3: magic things carry the prince to the princess» 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/1819-pg7128-part3/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:t4:1 # text = wait, why'd the old lady say no? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 9 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | the old lady | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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} The king is strict ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:t4:o1:1 # text = The king is strict 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 strict strict ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the king | | | | | strict *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The king doesn't allow foreigners to rest here ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:t4:o2:1 # text = The king doesn't allow foreigners to rest here 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 foreigners foreigner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | present · do-support | the king | foreigners | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer foreigner=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **rest** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | foreigners *not said here* | | | here | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Her king forbids all strangers to sleep here ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:t4:o3:1 # text = Her king forbids all strangers to sleep here 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 forbids forbid VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbid** | present | Her king | all strangers | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer stranger=Theme | | 2 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | Her king *not said here* | | | here | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The king banned strangers from sleeping there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1819-pg7128-part3:t4:o4:1 # text = The king banned strangers from sleeping there 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 banned ban VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 from from SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ban** | past | the king | strangers | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer stranger=Theme | | 2 | **sleep** | gerund | the king *not said here* | | | there | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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