--- title: Is the saying "he's gone to play the flute" a bit of a joke? — Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the y… · tree and pragmatics description: Is the saying "he's gone to play the flute" a bit of a joke? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1940 «Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleeping Princess and wins her kingdom» 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/1940-pg7277-part77/t6/) [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 Tales, The Flute-Player: the y…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1940-pg7277-part77/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleep… Is the saying "he's gone to play the flute" a bit of a joke? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be, play · **To what, where:** saying, flute This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1940 «Grimm's Tales, The Flute-Player: the youth wakes the sleeping Princess and wins her kingdom» 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/1940-pg7277-part77/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t6:1 # text = Is the saying "he's gone to play the flute" a bit of a joke? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 saying saying NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the saying | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | he | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **play** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the flute | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flute=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} Yeah, it's a joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t6:o1:1 # text = Yeah, it's a joke 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a joke | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yeah, it means someone who went away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t6:o2:1 # text = Yeah, it means someone who went away 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | someone | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Topic | | 2 | **go away** | past | | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, it's about a real flute player ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t6:o3:1 # text = Nah, it's about a real flute player 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a real flute player | | | | about *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, it means someone who never came back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1940-pg7277-part77:t6:o4:1 # text = Yeah, it means someone who never came back 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | someone | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Topic | | 2 | **not** **come back** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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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