--- title: Did the Dragon-fly stick around to hear the Rocket bang on? — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the Dragon-fly stick around to hear the Rocket bang on? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 2040 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, part 2: the Rocket sulks in the mud and boasts to a Frog and a Dragon-fly» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2040-pg902-part10/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/) / [The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2040-pg902-part10/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, p… Did the Dragon-fly stick around to hear the Rocket bang on? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, hear · **To what, where:** Dragon fly stick, Rocket bang This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 2040 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Remarkable Rocket, part 2: the Rocket sulks in the mud and boasts to a Frog and a Dragon-fly» 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/2040-pg902-part10/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2040-pg902-part10:t4:1 # text = Did the Dragon-fly stick around to hear the Rocket bang on? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 7 around around ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 bang bang NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the Dragon fly stick | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Eventuality | | 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | | the Rocket bang | | | | around *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bang=Stimulus | 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} Yeah, he stuck around to listen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2040-pg902-part10:t4:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he stuck around to listen 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 around around ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick around** | past | he | | | | | around *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **listen** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yeah, he stayed put and listened to every word ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2040-pg902-part10:t4:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he stayed put and listened to every word 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 listened listen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past · passive | | he | | | | to every word | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 2 | **listen** | participle | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nah, he bolted up in the sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2040-pg902-part10:t4:o3:1 # text = Nah, he bolted up in the sky 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bolted bolt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bolt up** | past | he | | | the sky | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he flew off to the sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2040-pg902-part10:t4:o4:1 # text = Nah, he flew off to the sky 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly off** | past | he | | | | | to the sky *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to sky=Result | **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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