--- title: So the villagers with rakes and brooms are trying to get the moon out? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies… · tree and pragmatics description: So the villagers with rakes and brooms are trying to get the moon out? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1944 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl guesses the imp's name, and the sillies begin their troubles» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1944-pg7439-part3/t8/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1944-pg7439-part3/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl g… So the villagers with rakes and brooms are trying to get the moon out? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** villagers · **What happens:** try, get out · **To what, where:** moon This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1944 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl guesses the imp's name, and the sillies begin their troubles» 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/1944-pg7439-part3/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t8:1 # text = So the villagers with rakes and brooms are trying to get the moon out? 1 So so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 villagers villager NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 rakes rake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 brooms broom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · progressive | the villagers with rakes and brooms | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **get out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the villagers with rakes and brooms *not said here* | the moon | | | | | tree rules | 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} Yeah, they thought it had sunk, proper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t8:o1:1 # text = Yeah, they thought it had sunk, proper 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 sunk sink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | they | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **sink** | past · perfect · passive | | it | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, just sweeping ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t8:o2:1 # text = Nah, just sweeping 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 sweeping sweep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sweep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, they thought it had fallen in, proper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t8:o3:1 # text = Yeah, they thought it had fallen in, proper 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 8 in in ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | they | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **fall in** | past · perfect | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, they're cleaning the pond, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:t8:o4:1 # text = Nah, they're cleaning the pond, bruv 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 cleaning clean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clean** | present · progressive | they | the pond | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pond=Patient | **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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