--- title: Was the wife actually sittin' beside the beggar, sound? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-Teller a… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the wife actually sittin' beside the beggar, sound? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 2005 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-Teller at Fault, part 1: the story-teller loses everything at dice and is turned into a hare» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2005-pg7885-part24/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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-Teller a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2005-pg7885-part24/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-Teller at Fault, part 1: the… Was the wife actually sittin' beside the beggar, sound? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** wife This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 2005 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-Teller at Fault, part 1: the story-teller loses everything at dice and is turned into a hare» 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/2005-pg7885-part24/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2005-pg7885-part24:t4:1 # text = Was the wife actually sittin' beside the beggar, sound? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 actually actually ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sittin sittin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 beside beside ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the wife | | | | | 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} yes, she moved across the hall and sat with him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2005-pg7885-part24:t4:o1:1 # text = yes, she moved across the hall and sat with him 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 across across ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | she | | | the hall | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme across hall=Trajectory | | 2 | **sit** | past | she *not said here* | | | | | with him *= he* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} she sat beside the beggar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2005-pg7885-part24:t4:o2:1 # text = she sat beside the beggar 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 beside beside ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | she | | | the beggar | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside beggar=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} she got up and walked over to sit down beside him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2005-pg7885-part24:t4:o3:1 # text = she got up and walked over to sit down beside him 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 over over ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 down down ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 beside beside ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | past | she | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **walk over** | past | she *not said here* | | | | | over *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sit down** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | beside him *= he* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside he=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} she went and sat near him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2005-pg7885-part24:t4:o4:1 # text = she went and sat near him 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | she | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sit** | past | she *not said here* | | | | | near him *= he* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near he=Location | **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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