--- title: Mate, what was the princess on about with fifty halves? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fe… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what was the princess on about with fifty halves? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2022-pg7885-part41/t6/) [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, Tom Ochlin: Tom fe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2022-pg7885-part41/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning fl… Mate, what was the princess on about with fifty halves? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** princess, fifty halves This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» 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/2022-pg7885-part41/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t6:1 # text = Mate, what was the princess on about with fifty halves? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 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 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 about about ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 halves half NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Mate and the princess | the princess | | fifty halves | | | 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 {#o1} She was talking about her gold rings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t6:o1:1 # text = She was talking about her gold rings 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 aux _ _ 3 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past · progressive | She | | | | | about her gold rings | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about ring=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} She meant she'd marry the sea king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t6:o2:1 # text = She meant she'd marry the sea king 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | She | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **marry** | would | she | the sea king | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} She was joking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t6:o3:1 # text = She was joking 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 aux _ _ 3 joking joke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **joke** *speech: other* | past · progressive | She | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She meant she'd give Tom all of herself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t6:o4:1 # text = She meant she'd give Tom all of herself 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 iobj _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | She | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | would | she | all | Tom | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent tom=Recipient all=Theme | **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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