--- title: Bhai, what was the fish doing when the queen asked? — Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laug… · tree and pragmatics description: Bhai, what was the fish doing when the queen asked? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1849-pg7128-part33/t2/) [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/) / [Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laug…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1849-pg7128-part33/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the que… Bhai, what was the fish doing when the queen asked? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bhai, fish, queen · **What happens:** be, do, ask · **To what, where:** fish This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1849 «Tales of the Punjab, Why the Fish Laughed, part 1: the queen's fish laughs and the vizier's son sets off» 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/1849-pg7128-part33/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t2:1 # text = Bhai, what was the fish doing when the queen asked? 1 Bhai Bhai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 7 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Bhai | the fish | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the fish *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | participle | the queen | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Jumping about in the basket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t2:o1:1 # text = Jumping about in the basket 1 Jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | gerund | | | | | | about the basket | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about basket=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Swimming around the edges of the basket trying to escape the market ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t2:o2:1 # text = Swimming around the edges of the basket trying to escape the market 1 Swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 around around ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 edges edge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim** | gerund | | | | the edges of the basket | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around edge=Trajectory | | 2 | **try** | gerund | the basket *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **escape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the basket *not said here* | the market | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme market=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Thrashing wildly and splashing water over the fisherwoman's feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t2:o3:1 # text = Thrashing wildly and splashing water over the fisherwoman's feet 1 Thrashing thrash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 wildly wildly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 splashing splash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fisherwoman fisherwoman NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thrash** | gerund | | | | | | wildly *property* | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **splash** | gerund | | water | | the fisherwoman's feet | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme over foot=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Splashing in the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1849-pg7128-part33:t2:o4:1 # text = Splashing in the water 1 Splashing splash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **splash** | gerund | | | | the water | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location | **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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