--- title: yo, what did the Mayor try to do to the clown, proper? — Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: P… · tree and pragmatics description: yo, what did the Mayor try to do to the clown, proper? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1902 «Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches a crowd and the Princess laughs at last» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1902-pg7277-part39/t4/) [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 Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: P…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1902-pg7277-part39/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches… yo, what did the Mayor try to do to the clown, proper? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mayor · **What happens:** try, do This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1902 «Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches a crowd and the Princess laughs at last» 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/1902-pg7277-part39/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1902-pg7277-part39:t4:1 # text = yo, what did the Mayor try to do to the clown, proper? 1 yo yo INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Mayor Mayor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 clown clown NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · do-support | the Mayor | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Mayor *not said here* | | | | | to the clown | vn act-114-1 «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} hand him to the guards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1902-pg7277-part39:t4:o1:1 # text = hand him to the guards 1 hand hand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hand** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | the guards | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to guard=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} drag him off to the police and lock him up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1902-pg7277-part39:t4:o2:1 # text = drag him off to the police and lock him up 1 drag drag VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 lock lock VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drag off** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | the police | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to police=Destination | | 2 | **lock up** | present | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} drag him off to the police ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1902-pg7277-part39:t4:o3:1 # text = drag him off to the police 1 drag drag VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drag off** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | the police | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to police=Destination | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} try to drag him off to the police station in chains ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1902-pg7277-part39:t4:o4:1 # text = try to drag him off to the police station in chains 1 try try VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 drag drag VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 compound _ _ 9 station station NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **drag off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | the police station in chains | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to station=Destination | **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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