--- title: Was Balna proper brave or what? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princess… · tree and pragmatics description: Was Balna proper brave or what? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1822 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princesses, part 6: the pomelo tree is cut down, the girls are left in the jungle, and Balna is turned into a dog» 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/1822-pg7128-part6/t6/) [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 Seven Princess…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1822-pg7128-part6/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princesses, part 6: the pome… Was Balna proper brave or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Balna · **What happens:** be This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1822 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princesses, part 6: the pomelo tree is cut down, the girls are left in the jungle, and Balna is turned into a dog» 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/1822-pg7128-part6/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:t6:1 # text = Was Balna proper brave or what? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 Balna Balna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Balna | | | | | brave *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} She told him no ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:t6:o1:1 # text = She told him no 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell 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 iobj _ _ 4 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | She | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} She stayed with her baby boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:t6:o2:1 # text = She stayed with her baby boy 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | She | | | | | with her baby boy | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with boy=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She told him to get lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:t6:o3:1 # text = She told him to get lost 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell 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 iobj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | She | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **lose** | participle | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} She was scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:t6:o4:1 # text = She was scared 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | scared *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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