---
title: Was there a massive fight at the start, or did it all just kick off… — Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocke… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was there a massive fight at the start, or did it all just kick off later? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1892-pg7277-part29/t12/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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, Mannikin, part 29: a mocke…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1892-pg7277-part29/) / t12

# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war,…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was there a massive fight at the start, or did it all just kick off later?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fight · **What happens:** kick off

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» 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/1892-pg7277-part29/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:t12:1
# text = Was there a massive fight at the start, or did it all just kick off later?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	1	expl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	all	all	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	kick	kick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
16	off	off	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick off** | past · do-support | fight |  |  |  |  | all, late *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fighting started quietly at the frontier, with lots of small skirmishes and raids

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:t12:o1:1
# text = The fighting started quietly at the frontier, with lots of small skirmishes and raids
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	frontier	frontier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	skirmishes	skirmish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	raids	raid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | the fighting |  |  | the frontier |  | quietly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fighting began at the border with raids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:t12:o2:1
# text = The fighting began at the border with raids
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	raids	raid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | the fighting |  |  | the border |  | with raids | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with raid=Subeventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fighting started at the frontier, with lots of skirmishes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:t12:o3:1
# text = The fighting started at the frontier, with lots of skirmishes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	frontier	frontier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	skirmishes	skirmish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | the fighting |  |  | the frontier |  | with lots of skirmishes | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with lot=Subeventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There was a massive battle at the start, right at the frontier, and then calm

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:t12:o4:1
# text = There was a massive battle at the start, right at the frontier, and then calm
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	frontier	frontier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
17	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a massive battle |  |  | the start and the frontier; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at start=Location |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocke…, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1892-pg7277-part29/t11/)
- next →: [Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocke…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1892-pg7277-part29/e1/)
- ↑ back to [Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1892-pg7277-part29/)