--- title: Is the Porcelain Maiden well wicked, like, scratching folk? — Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier,… · tree and pragmatics description: Is the Porcelain Maiden well wicked, like, scratching folk? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1898 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier, part 1: a serpent with a woman's head asks for help» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1898-pg7277-part35/t10/) [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/) / [Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1898-pg7277-part35/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier, part 1: a serpent w… Is the Porcelain Maiden well wicked, like, scratching folk? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Porcelain Maiden · **What happens:** be, scratch · **To what, where:** folk This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1898 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier, part 1: a serpent with a woman's head asks for help» 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/1898-pg7277-part35/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:t10:1 # text = Is the Porcelain Maiden well wicked, like, scratching folk? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Porcelain Porcelain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 like like INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 scratching scratch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Porcelain Maiden | | | | | well, wicked *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **scratch** | gerund | the Porcelain Maiden *not said here* | folk | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent folk=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 {#o1} Yes, she scratches and bites everyone who tries to touch her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:t10:o1:1 # text = Yes, she scratches and bites everyone who tries to touch her 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 scratches scratch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 bites bite VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 obj _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 tries try VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | present | she | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bite** | present | she *not said here* | everyone | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient | | 3 | **try** | present | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **touch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | her *= she* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, she only sings softly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:t10:o2:1 # text = No, she only sings softly 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 softly softly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | she | | | | | softly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, she scratches people who come near her room ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:t10:o3:1 # text = Yes, she scratches people who come near her room 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 scratches scratch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 near near ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | present | she | people | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 2 | **come** | present | people | | | her room | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near room=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yes, she scratches people ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:t10:o4:1 # text = Yes, she scratches people 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 scratches scratch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scratch** | present | she | people | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | **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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