--- title: So the Magician's arms just fell off, one after another? — Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Brok… · tree and pragmatics description: So the Magician's arms just fell off, one after another? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1824 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic Fiddle: the Prince wins his parrot, Punchkin dies, and a greedy Brahman and a jealous sister-in-law are introduced» of the books course of Mova's primary sch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1824-pg7128-part8/t3/) [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, Punchkin, the Brok…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1824-pg7128-part8/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic… So the Magician's arms just fell off, one after another? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** arms · **What happens:** fall off This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1824 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic Fiddle: the Prince wins his parrot, Punchkin dies, and a greedy Brahman and a jealous sister-in-law are introduced» 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/1824-pg7128-part8/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:t3:1 # text = So the Magician's arms just fell off, one after another? 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Magician Magician PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 conj _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall off** | past | the Magician's arms | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} Nah, his arms stayed on but his legs got really weak and tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:t3:o1:1 # text = Nah, his arms stayed on but his legs got really weak and tired 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 really really ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay on** | past | his arms | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | his legs | | | | | weak *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he turned into a stone statue ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:t3:o2:1 # text = Nah, he turned into a stone statue 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | he | | | a stone statue | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into statue=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, every limb dropped off, dead mental ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:t3:o3:1 # text = Yeah, every limb dropped off, dead mental 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 limb limb NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 mental mental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop off** | participle | every limb | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, his legs fell off first ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:t3:o4:1 # text = Yeah, his legs fell off first 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall off** | past | his legs | | | | | first *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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