--- title: Mad, what happened when he stood on the stone? — Household Tales, The Crystal Coffin, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Mad, what happened when he stood on the stone? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1926 «Household Tales, The Crystal Coffin, part 1: a tailor shelters with a grumpy old man, a stag carries him underground, and he frees a maiden from a glass coffin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1926-pg7277-part63/t11/) [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/) / [Household Tales, The Crystal Coffin, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1926-pg7277-part63/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Household Tales, The Crystal Coffin, part 1: a tailor shel… Mad, what happened when he stood on the stone? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** happen, stand · **To what, where:** stone This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1926 «Household Tales, The Crystal Coffin, part 1: a tailor shelters with a grumpy old man, a stag carries him underground, and he frees a maiden from a glass coffin» 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/1926-pg7277-part63/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1926-pg7277-part63:t11:1 # text = Mad, what happened when he stood on the stone? 1 Mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | past | he | | | the stone | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stone=Location | 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} it sank down slowly beneath his feet into the dark ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1926-pg7277-part63:t11:o1:1 # text = it sank down slowly beneath his feet into the dark 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink down** | past | it | | | the dark | | beneath his feet; slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} it sank down slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1926-pg7277-part63:t11:o2:1 # text = it sank down slowly 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink down** | past | it | | | | | down, slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} it sank down slowly, and a stair appeared in the floor below him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1926-pg7277-part63:t11:o3:1 # text = it sank down slowly, and a stair appeared in the floor below him 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 stair stair NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 below below ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink down** | past | it | | | | | down, slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **appear** | past | a stair | | | the floor | | below him *= he* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in floor=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} it fell down quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1926-pg7277-part63:t11:o4:1 # text = it fell down quickly 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall down** | past | it | | | | | down, quickly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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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