--- title: The Mayor was gutted, wasn't he? — More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Pip… · tree and pragmatics description: The Mayor was gutted, wasn't he? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 235 «More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Piper: a piper charms the rats, then leads the children away for good» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/235-pg14241-part2/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/) / [More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Pip…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/235-pg14241-part2/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Piper: a piper charms t… The Mayor was gutted, wasn't he? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mayor · **What happens:** gut, not be · **To what, where:** Mayor, he This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 235 «More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Piper: a piper charms the rats, then leads the children away for good» 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/235-pg14241-part2/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:t4:1 # text = The Mayor was gutted, wasn't he? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mayor Mayor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | past · passive | | the Mayor *not said here* | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP» | | 2 | **not** **is a** | past | the Mayor | he | | | | | 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} Nah, he was mint, dead chuffed about the piper, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:t4:o1:1 # text = Nah, he was mint, dead chuffed about the piper, mate 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 mint mint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 piper piper NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | mint *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **chuff** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | about the piper and mate | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Proper gutted, he was ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:t4:o2:1 # text = Proper gutted, he was 1 Proper properly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 was be 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 | **gut** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **be** | past | he | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Proper gutted, he was, when the rats left town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:t4:o3:1 # text = Proper gutted, he was, when the rats left town 1 Proper properly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | properly *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | he | left town | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dead chuffed, he was ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:t4:o4:1 # text = Dead chuffed, he was 1 Dead dead ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 was be 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 | **chuff** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | he | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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