--- title: Yo, did the old lady really make him carry her across the river, lik… — A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fl… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, did the old lady really make him carry her across the river, like, for real? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 2077 «A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 36: Jason carries an old woman across a river and loses a sandal» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2077-pg976-part36/t1/) [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/) / [A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2077-pg976-part36/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 36: Jason… Yo, did the old lady really make him carry her across the river, like, for real? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** him · **What happens:** do, make, carry · **To what, where:** old lady, him, her, river This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2077 «A Wonder-Book, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 36: Jason carries an old woman across a river and loses a sandal» 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/2077-pg976-part36/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2077-pg976-part36:t1:1 # text = Yo, did the old lady really make him carry her across the river, like, for real? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 really really ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 across across ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 like like INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the old lady | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Eventuality | | 2 | **make** | present | | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **carry** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her *= she* | | the river | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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} Yeah, she was proper bossy about it, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2077-pg976-part36:t1:o1:1 # text = Yeah, she was proper bossy about it, innit 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 proper properly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 bossy bossy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | about it; bossy, properly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, she was dead rude about it, yeah ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2077-pg976-part36:t1:o2:1 # text = Yeah, she was dead rude about it, yeah 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 10 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | about it; rude *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Yeah, she made him carry her over the river and then gave him a right telling-off, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2077-pg976-part36:t1:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she made him carry her over the river and then gave him a right telling-off, innit 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 13 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 17 telling telling NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 off off NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | she | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her *= she* | | the river | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past | she *not said here* | a right telling off and innit | him *= he* | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient off=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, she just asked him politely, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2077-pg976-part36:t1:o4:1 # text = Nah, she just asked him politely, mate 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 politely politely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | she | | him *= he* | | | mate *vocative*; politely *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | **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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