--- title: Lol, what did the talking horse tell him? — Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasal… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, what did the talking horse tell him? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1842 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1842-pg7128-part26/t7/) [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, Raja Rasalu: Rasal…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1842-pg7128-part26/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at… Lol, what did the talking horse tell him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** do, tell · **To what, where:** talking horse, horse · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1842 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan» 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/1842-pg7128-part26/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t7:1 # text = Lol, what did the talking horse tell him? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 talking talking NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the talking horse | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | horse | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | 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} Ask the king for mercy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t7:o1:1 # text = Ask the king for mercy 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | the king | | | for mercy | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Go home now and stick your hand in your pocket to pay the potter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t7:o2:1 # text = Go home now and stick your hand in your pocket to pay the potter 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 stick stick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 potter potter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | now | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stick** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your hand | | your pocket | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in pocket=Destination | | 3 | **pay** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the potter | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potter=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stick your hand in your pocket and pull out the gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t7:o3:1 # text = Stick your hand in your pocket and pull out the gold 1 Stick stick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 pull pull VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hand | | your pocket | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in pocket=Destination | | 2 | **pull out** | present | you *not said here* | the gold | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Stick your hand in your pocket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:t7:o4:1 # text = Stick your hand in your pocket 1 Stick stick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hand | | your pocket | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in pocket=Destination | **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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