--- title: What did she chuck down to block the giant, proper quick? — English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothin… · tree and pragmatics description: What did she chuck down to block the giant, proper quick? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1947 «English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king promises his son to a giant, and the boy escapes with the giant's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1947-pg7439-part6/t13/) [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, Nix Nought Nothin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1947-pg7439-part6/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king pr… What did she chuck down to block the giant, proper quick? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** chuck down, block This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1947 «English Fairy Tales, Nix Nought Nothing, part 1: a king promises his son to a giant, and the boy escapes with the giant's daughter» 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/1947-pg7439-part6/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:t13:1 # text = What did she chuck down to block the giant, proper quick? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chuck chuck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 block block VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck down** | past · do-support | she | | | | | down *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 2 | **block** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | 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} her golden comb from her hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:t13:o1:1 # text = her golden comb from her hair 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} her shoe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:t13:o2:1 # text = her shoe 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} her brush and a bag of salt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:t13:o3:1 # text = her brush and a bag of salt 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brush brush NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} her comb ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1947-pg7439-part6:t13:o4:1 # text = her comb 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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