--- title: Did the old woman let them stay for ages? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the old woman let them stay for ages? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1852 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part 36: the prince falls for a fairy's reflection, and the friends escape the robbers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1852-pg7128-part36/t11/) [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 Prince and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1852-pg7128-part36/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part… Did the old woman let them stay for ages? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old woman, them · **What happens:** let, stay · **To what, where:** them This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1852 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son, part 36: the prince falls for a fairy's reflection, and the friends escape the robbers» 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/1852-pg7128-part36/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:t11:1 # text = Did the old woman let them stay for ages? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | past · do-support | the old woman | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | for ages | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Nah, only a few days, because of the muhrs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:t11:o1:1 # text = Nah, only a few days, because of the muhrs 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 11 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 muhrs muhr NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, a few weeks, because of the rain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:t11:o2:1 # text = Yeah, a few weeks, because of the rain 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, only a few days, because of the muhrs, and she told them to leave the hut soon after ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:t11:o3:1 # text = Nah, only a few days, because of the muhrs, and she told them to leave the hut soon after 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 11 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 muhrs muhr NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 22 after after ADP IN _ 18 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | she | | muhrs *= muhr* | | day | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave after** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the hut | | | | soon *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hut=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, only a week, because she was tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1852-pg7128-part36:t11:o4:1 # text = Nah, only a week, because she was tired 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | tired *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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