--- title: Wait, why'd the fisherman even bother saving that flounder? — Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, why'd the fisherman even bother saving that flounder? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1937 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part 1: a greedy wife keeps asking the flounder for more» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1937-pg7277-part74/t2/) [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/) / [Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1937-pg7277-part74/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part… Wait, why'd the fisherman even bother saving that flounder? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, fisherman · **What happens:** wait, save This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1937 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife, part 1: a greedy wife keeps asking the flounder for more» 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/1937-pg7277-part74/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1937-pg7277-part74:t2:1 # text = Wait, why'd the fisherman even bother saving that flounder? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 bother both ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 saving save VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 flounder flounder NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 advcl _ 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 | **save** | gerund | the fisherman | | | | | both *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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 {#o1} cos it could chat and he felt bad about it, like ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1937-pg7277-part74:t2:o1:1 # text = cos it could chat and he felt bad about it, like 1 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 chat chat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chat** *speech: other* | could | it | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **feel** | past | he | | | | | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} cos it begged him proper nice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1937-pg7277-part74:t2:o2:1 # text = cos it begged him proper nice 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 proper properly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | it | | him *= he* | | | nice *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} cos it could chat, so it was proper mad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1937-pg7277-part74:t2:o3:1 # text = cos it could chat, so it was proper mad 1 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 chat chat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 proper properly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chat** *speech: other* | could | it | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | mad, properly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} cos it was a fish, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1937-pg7277-part74:t2:o4:1 # text = cos it was a fish, innit 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | a fish and innit | | | | | 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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