--- title: fr, what did the voice say she was for Cadmus? — Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 2… · tree and pragmatics description: fr, what did the voice say she was for Cadmus? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» 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/2061-pg976-part20/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/) / [Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 2…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2061-pg976-part20/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the f… fr, what did the voice say she was for Cadmus? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fr · **What happens:** do, say, be · **To what, where:** voice · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 2061 «Tanglewood, The Dragon's Teeth, part 20: Cadmus sets the five dragon-born warriors to build a city, finds a magic palace, and meets Harmonia» 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/2061-pg976-part20/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t4:1 # text = fr, what did the voice say she was for Cadmus? 1 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | fr | the voice | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | fr | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | fr | | | | | for Cadmus | 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} sister, cousin, and servant ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t4:o1:1 # text = sister, cousin, and servant 1 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} sister, brothers, friend, and mom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t4:o2:1 # text = sister, brothers, friend, and mom 1 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 mom mom NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} sister and brothers, and a guide through the hills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t4:o3:1 # text = sister and brothers, and a guide through the hills 1 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} sister, brothers, friend, nurse, and mom, who would guard the whole city ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2061-pg976-part20:t4:o4:1 # text = sister, brothers, friend, nurse, and mom, who would guard the whole city 1 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 mom mom NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 guard guard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | would | sister and brothers and friend and nurse and mom | the whole city | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Beneficiary | **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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