--- title: What's the Mathematical Master's deal with dreaming? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics description: What's the Mathematical Master's deal with dreaming? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 2031 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1: the Swallow meets the weeping statue and agrees to help» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2031-pg902-part1/t9/) [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/) / [The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2031-pg902-part1/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1… What's the Mathematical Master's deal with dreaming? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deal, Mathematical Master · **What happens:** be, dream, deal This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 2031 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1: the Swallow meets the weeping statue and agrees to help» 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/2031-pg902-part1/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t9:1 # text = What's the Mathematical Master's deal with dreaming? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Mathematical Mathematical ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 dreaming dream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the Mathematical Master's deal | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dream** | gerund | | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **deal** | | the Mathematical Master | | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: poss=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} He reckons kids should learn numbers only ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t9:o1:1 # text = He reckons kids should learn numbers only 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | He | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **learn** | should | kids | numbers | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} He thinks it's just silly nonsense for kids ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t9:o2:1 # text = He thinks it's just silly nonsense for kids 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 nonsense nonsense NOUN NN _ 2 ccomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | silly nonsense | | | | for kids | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He's dead keen on it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t9:o3:1 # text = He's dead keen on it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 keen keen NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | He | dead keen | | keen | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He's well against it, reckons it's a waste ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2031-pg902-part1:t9:o4:1 # text = He's well against it, reckons it's a waste 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 4 against against ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | against it; well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reckon** | present | it | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | it | a waste | | | | | 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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