--- title: wait, the Linnet told a story with a MORAL, that's so lame? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, the Linnet told a story with a MORAL, that's so lame? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 2038 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans drowns in the storm, and the Miller only frets about his wheelbarrow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2038-pg902-part8/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/) / [The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2038-pg902-part8/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans… wait, the Linnet told a story with a MORAL, that's so lame? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Linnet, that · **What happens:** wait, tell, be · **To what, where:** story · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2038 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans drowns in the storm, and the Miller only frets about his wheelbarrow» 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/2038-pg902-part8/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t6:1 # text = wait, the Linnet told a story with a MORAL, that's so lame? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Linnet Linnet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 MORAL moral NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 lame lame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? 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 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Linnet | a story | | | | with a MORAL | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | present | that | | | | | lame *property* | 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} nah, the Water-rat loved it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t6:o1:1 # text = nah, the Water-rat loved it 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past | the Water rat | it | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, and the Duck sang a song ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t6:o2:1 # text = yeah, and the Duck sang a song 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Duck Duck PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the Duck | a song | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, and the Water-rat totally freaked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t6:o3:1 # text = yeah, and the Water-rat totally freaked 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 totally totally ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 freaked freak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freak** | participle | | the Water rat *not said here* | | | | totally *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, it was lame ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2038-pg902-part8:t6:o4:1 # text = yeah, it was lame 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 lame lame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | lame *property* | 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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