--- title: Wait, so he nicked the bread and scoffed the lot? — Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, so he nicked the bread and scoffed the lot? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1916 «Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a patient old woman, and a bell at the castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1916-pg7277-part53/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 Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1916-pg7277-part53/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a pat… Wait, so he nicked the bread and scoffed the lot? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** wait, nick, scoff · **To what, where:** bread, lot This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1916 «Fairy Book, Prince Vivien, part 53: a hungry prince, a patient old woman, and a bell at the castle» 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/1916-pg7277-part53/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:t4:1 # text = Wait, so he nicked the bread and scoffed the lot? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 nicked nick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 scoffed scoff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **nick** | past | he | the bread | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient | | 3 | **scoff** | past | he *not said here* | the lot | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=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 {#o1} Nah, he saved it, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:t4:o1:1 # text = Nah, he saved it, innit 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | past | he | it | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nah, he gave it to the cat, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:t4:o2:1 # text = Nah, he gave it to the cat, innit 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | he | it | the cat and innit | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to cat=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, he put it back, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:t4:o3:1 # text = Nah, he put it back, innit 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put back** | past | he | it | | | | innit *obl* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, he gobbled the whole thing, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1916-pg7277-part53:t4:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he gobbled the whole thing, innit 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gobbled gobble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gobble** | past | he | the whole thing | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | **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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