--- title: Did the big boss Brandatimor's letter go down well? — Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the big boss Brandatimor's letter go down well? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1891 «Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: Mannikin wins the joust and the Ambassador's insolent letter arrives» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1891-pg7277-part28/t8/) [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/) / [Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1891-pg7277-part28/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: M… Did the big boss Brandatimor's letter go down well? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Brandatimor · **What happens:** do, go down, letter · **To what, where:** big boss This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1891 «Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: Mannikin wins the joust and the Ambassador's insolent letter arrives» 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/1891-pg7277-part28/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:t8:1 # text = Did the big boss Brandatimor's letter go down well? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 Brandatimor Brandatimor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 8 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | you *not said here* | the big boss | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go down** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **letter** | | Brandatimor | | | | | | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} nah, they just shrugged ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:t8:o1:1 # text = nah, they just shrugged 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 shrugged shrug VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shrug** | past | they | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} nah, it made them all raging ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:t8:o2:1 # text = nah, it made them all raging 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 7 raging rage VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | it | them *= they* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset they=Beneficiary all=Product | | 2 | **rage** | gerund | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, it made them all cheer and celebrate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:t8:o3:1 # text = yeah, it made them all cheer and celebrate 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 cheer cheer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 celebrate celebrate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | it | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cheer** | present | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **celebrate** | present | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} nah, it made them all raging and furious at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1891-pg7277-part28:t8:o4:1 # text = nah, it made them all raging and furious at once 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nmod:unmarked _ _ 7 raging rage VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | it | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rage** | gerund | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=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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