--- title: Wait, why didn't Guleesh bring her home to his da? — Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, why didn't Guleesh bring her home to his da? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1985 «Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1985-pg7885-part4/t4/) [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/) / [Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1985-pg7885-part4/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb… Wait, why didn't Guleesh bring her home to his da? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Guleesh · **What happens:** wait, not bring · **To what, where:** home, da This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1985 «Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house» 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/1985-pg7885-part4/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t4:1 # text = Wait, why didn't Guleesh bring her home to his da? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 Guleesh Guleesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 da da NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? 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 | **not** **bring** | past · do-support | Guleesh | Guleesh's home | | his da | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent home=Theme to da=Destination | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} His lot would take the piss out of her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t4:o1:1 # text = His lot would take the piss out of her 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 piss piss NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | would | His lot | the piss | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument piss=Theme her=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Cos his family would not believe it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t4:o2:1 # text = Cos his family would not believe it 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **believe** | would | his family | it | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cos his whole family would have laughed at her and made her life a total misery ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t4:o3:1 # text = Cos his whole family would have laughed at her and made her life a total misery 1 Cos cos SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 7 laughed laugh VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 misery misery NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | would · perfect | his whole family | | | | | at her *= she* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | past | | family | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because his ma would have fussed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:t4:o4:1 # text = Because his ma would have fussed 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 ma ma NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 6 fussed fuss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fuss** | would · perfect · passive | | his ma | | | | | 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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