--- title: Mate, did the butler actually get to turn anyone into a pig? — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, did the butler actually get to turn anyone into a pig? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 2067 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits Circe with a magic flower and frightens her into begging for mercy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/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/) / [Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits… Mate, did the butler actually get to turn anyone into a pig? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** butler · **What happens:** get, turn · **To what, where:** anyone This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 2067 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits Circe with a magic flower and frightens her into begging for mercy» 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/2067-pg976-part26/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t9:1 # text = Mate, did the butler actually get to turn anyone into a pig? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 butler butler NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 actually actually ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 obj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the butler | | | | | Mate *vocative*; actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **turn** | to-infinitive | the butler *not said here* | anyone | | | | into a pig *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme into pig=Result | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, he scarpered off with the goblet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t9:o1:1 # text = No, he scarpered off with the goblet 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 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 scarpered scarper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 goblet goblet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scarper off** | past | he | | | | | with the goblet | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yes, he turned one into a pig ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t9:o2:1 # text = Yes, he turned one into a pig 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | he | one | | | | into a pig *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent one=Theme into pig=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, he did ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t9:o3:1 # text = Yes, he did 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, he dropped the cup and sat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t9:o4:1 # text = No, he dropped the cup and sat 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 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 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past | he | the cup | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme | | 2 | **sit** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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