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title: lol, what's a cart-rope when it's at home? — English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Ki… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol, what's a cart-rope when it's at home? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1959 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the captives, beats the two-headed giant Thunderdell, then wins a duke's daughter from a giant and conjurer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Test 6 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol, what's a cart-rope when it's at home?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rope · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** cart rope, home

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1959 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the captives, beats the two-headed giant Thunderdell, then wins a duke's daughter from a giant and conjurer» 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/1959-pg7439-part18/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t6:1
# text = lol, what's a cart-rope when it's at home?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a cart rope |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | rope |  |  | home |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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a rope made for big wagons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t6:o1:1
# text = a rope made for big wagons
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wagons	wagon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a rope *not said here* |  |  |  | for big wagons | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for wagon=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a chain made of iron links for locking the castle gates shut at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t6:o2:1
# text = a chain made of iron links for locking the castle gates shut at night
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	links	link	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	locking	lock	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	shut	shut	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a chain *not said here* |  |  |  | of iron links | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **lock** | gerund |  | the castle gates |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient |
| 3 | **shut** | present | a chain |  |  |  | night |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a thick rope for pulling carts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t6:o3:1
# text = a thick rope for pulling carts
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | gerund | a thick rope *not said here* | carts |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a small wooden tool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t6:o4:1
# text = a small wooden tool
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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