--- title: Was the rich man happy, or was he moaning? — Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the rich man happy, or was he moaning? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1877 «Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood, saved by the Fairy» 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/1877-pg7277-part14/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/) / [Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1877-pg7277-part14/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood… Was the rich man happy, or was he moaning? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rich man, man · **What happens:** be, moan This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1877 «Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood, saved by the Fairy» 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/1877-pg7277-part14/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t11:1 # text = Was the rich man happy, or was he moaning? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 moaning moan VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the rich man | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **moan** | past · progressive | man | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «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 {#o1} he was sulking, all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t11:o1:1 # text = he was sulking, all day 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sulking sulk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sulk** | past · progressive | he | | | | day | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} he was moaning, always, about everything and everyone around him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t11:o2:1 # text = he was moaning, always, about everything and everyone around him 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 moaning moan VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 8 conj _ _ 11 around around ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **moan** | past · progressive | he | | | | | about everything; always *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about everything=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} nah, he was dead happy, always laughing and dancing about ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t11:o3:1 # text = nah, he was dead happy, always laughing and dancing about 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ 9 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 advcl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 dancing dance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 conj _ _ 12 about about ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **laugh** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | always *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dance** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he was moaning, always ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:t11:o4:1 # text = he was moaning, always 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 moaning moan VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **moan** | past · progressive | he | | | | | always *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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