--- title: Dude, what did the writing on the step say, like? — Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he w… · tree and pragmatics description: Dude, what did the writing on the step say, like? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1893 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart from the Ice Palace» 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 righ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1893-pg7277-part30/t6/) [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/) / [Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he w…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1893-pg7277-part30/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart… Dude, what did the writing on the step say, like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** do, say · **To what, where:** writing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1893 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin: he wins Sabella's heart from the Ice Palace» 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/1893-pg7277-part30/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:t6:1 # text = Dude, what did the writing on the step say, like? 1 Dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 10 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Dude | the writing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent writing=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | on the step | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Good stuff for the brave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:t6:o1:1 # text = Good stuff for the brave 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Good luck for the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:t6:o2:1 # text = Good luck for the king 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Good stuff for the brave who climb ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:t6:o3:1 # text = Good stuff for the brave who climb 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nmod _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 climb climb VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | brave *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Gold for the bold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1893-pg7277-part30:t6:o4:1 # text = Gold for the bold 1 Gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bold bold NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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