--- title: did the palace servants roll out the red carpet? — Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seed… · tree and pragmatics description: did the palace servants roll out the red carpet? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 2071 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres searches all night for her lost daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2071-pg976-part30/t8/) [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 Pomegranate Seed…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2071-pg976-part30/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres se… did the palace servants roll out the red carpet? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** palace servants · **What happens:** roll out · **To what, where:** red carpet This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 2071 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 30: Ceres searches all night for her lost daughter» 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/2071-pg976-part30/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t8:1 # text = did the palace servants roll out the red carpet? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 roll roll VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll out** | present | the palace servants | the red carpet | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carpet=Agent | 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} no, they mocked her and locked the gates ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t8:o1:1 # text = no, they mocked her and locked the gates 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mocked mock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mock** | past | they | her *= she* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **lock** | past | they *not said here* | the gates | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} no, they shut out the crowd ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t8:o2:1 # text = no, they shut out the crowd 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shut shut VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut out** | present | they | the crowd | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent crowd=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} no, they got rude and threatened dogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t8:o3:1 # text = no, they got rude and threatened dogs 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 threatened threatened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | they | rude dogs | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} no, they sneered and shooed her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2071-pg976-part30:t8:o4:1 # text = no, they sneered and shooed her 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sneered sneer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 shooed shoo VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sneer** | past | they | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **shoo** | past | they *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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