--- title: Wait, why was the cook so dead scared? — English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: th… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, why was the cook so dead scared? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1950 «English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel reveals the girl in rushes, and her father learns how much she loved him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1950-pg7439-part9/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/) / [English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1950-pg7439-part9/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel rev… Wait, why was the cook so dead scared? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** cook This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1950 «English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel reveals the girl in rushes, and her father learns how much she loved him» 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/1950-pg7439-part9/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t2:1 # text = Wait, why was the cook so dead scared? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? 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 | **is a** | past | | the cook | | | | | 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} she feared the master ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t2:o1:1 # text = she feared the master 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | she | the master | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer master=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} she was tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t2:o2:1 # text = she was tired 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} she was frightened ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t2:o3:1 # text = she was frightened 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past · passive | | she | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} she was just very sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:t2:o4:1 # text = she was just very sad 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | sad *property* | 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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