--- title: Whit did the birdie dae fer the prince? — English Fairy Tales, Kate Crackernuts:… · tree and pragmatics description: Whit did the birdie dae fer the prince? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1972 «English Fairy Tales, Kate Crackernuts: Kate saves her sister and cures the sick prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1972-pg7439-part31/t10/) [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, Kate Crackernuts:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1972-pg7439-part31/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Kate Crackernuts: Kate saves her sist… Whit did the birdie dae fer the prince? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** do This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1972 «English Fairy Tales, Kate Crackernuts: Kate saves her sister and cures the sick prince» 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/1972-pg7439-part31/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1972-pg7439-part31:t10:1 # text = Whit did the birdie dae fer the prince? 1 Whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do 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 birdie birdie NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 dae dae X FW Foreign=Yes 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fer f ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Whit | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Made him well again after three bites ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1972-pg7439-part31:t10:o1:1 # text = Made him well again after three bites 1 Made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 bites bite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | him *= he* | | | after three bites; again | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Made him well again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1972-pg7439-part31:t10:o2:1 # text = Made him well again 1 Made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | him *= he* | | | again | well *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cured him and made him sit up in bed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1972-pg7439-part31:t10:o3:1 # text = Cured him and made him sit up in bed 1 Cured cure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | past | | him *= he* | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Source | | 2 | **make** | past | | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sit up** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | bed | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Made him feel better ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1972-pg7439-part31:t10:o4:1 # text = Made him feel better 1 Made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | **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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