--- title: wait, why won't Proserpina eat the food? — Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, why won't Proserpina eat the food? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 2070 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries Proserpina to his gloomy palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2070-pg976-part29/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/) / [Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2070-pg976-part29/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries… wait, why won't Proserpina eat the food? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Proserpina · **What happens:** wait, not eat · **To what, where:** food This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 2070 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 29: Pluto carries Proserpina to his gloomy palace» 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/2070-pg976-part29/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2070-pg976-part29:t9:1 # text = wait, why won't Proserpina eat the food? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 Proserpina Proserpina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? 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 | **not** **eat** | future | Proserpina | the food | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=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 {#o1} She thinks it's a trap, and she's not hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2070-pg976-part29:t9:o1:1 # text = She thinks it's a trap, and she's not hungry 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | She | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | a trap | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | she | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Because the food looks dodgy and she's kinda scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2070-pg976-part29:t9:o2:1 # text = Because the food looks dodgy and she's kinda scared 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 dodgy dodgy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 kinda kinda ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | the food | | | | | dodgy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | kinda, scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} She's full already ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2070-pg976-part29:t9:o3:1 # text = She's full already 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | full *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Because if she eats there, she's stuck forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2070-pg976-part29:t9:o4:1 # text = Because if she eats there, she's stuck forever 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 forever forever ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | she | | | there | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | she | | | | | forever, stuck *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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