--- title: wait, the Giant could blow ships away with his breath? — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9:… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, the Giant could blow ships away with his breath? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 2050 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home to grief, and the Giant Antaeus is introduced as friend of the Pygmies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2050-pg976-part9/t13/) [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/) / [Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2050-pg976-part9/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home… wait, the Giant could blow ships away with his breath? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Giant · **What happens:** wait, blow away · **To what, where:** ships This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 2050 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home to grief, and the Giant Antaeus is introduced as friend of the Pygmies» 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/2050-pg976-part9/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t13:1 # text = wait, the Giant could blow ships away with his breath? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? 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 | **blow away** | could | the Giant | ships | | | | with his breath; away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent ship=Patient | 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, just a little wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t13:o1:1 # text = nah, just a little wind 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yeah, with the tornado of his breath, he could strip roofs, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t13:o2:1 # text = yeah, with the tornado of his breath, he could strip roofs, bro 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tornado tornado NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 strip strip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 roofs roof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strip** | could | he | roofs and bro | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roof=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, his breath could blow boats off course, kinda, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t13:o3:1 # text = yeah, his breath could blow boats off course, kinda, bro 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 boats boat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 kinda kinda ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | could | his breath | boats | | | | off course; kinda *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent boat=Patient off course=Co-Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} yep, his breath was strong enough to move boats ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t13:o4:1 # text = yep, his breath was strong enough to move boats 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 enough enough ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 10 boats boat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | his breath | | | | | enough, strong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **move** | to-infinitive | his breath *not said here* | boats | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent boat=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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