--- title: Proper, why couldn't Tom kick the little imp? — More English Fairy Tales, Yallery Brow… · tree and pragmatics description: Proper, why couldn't Tom kick the little imp? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 240 «More English Fairy Tales, Yallery Brown: Tom lets the imp out and is cursed» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/240-pg14241-part7/t2/) [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, Yallery Brow…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/240-pg14241-part7/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · More English Fairy Tales, Yallery Brown: Tom lets the imp… Proper, why couldn't Tom kick the little imp? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tom · **What happens:** not kick · **To what, where:** little imp This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 240 «More English Fairy Tales, Yallery Brown: Tom lets the imp out and is cursed» 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/240-pg14241-part7/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:240-pg14241-part7:t2:1 # text = Proper, why couldn't Tom kick the little imp? 1 Proper properly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 kick kick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 imp imp NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **kick** | could | Tom | the little imp | | | | properly *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent imp=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} too small ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:240-pg14241-part7:t2:o1:1 # text = too small 1 too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} it ran off too fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:240-pg14241-part7:t2:o2:1 # text = it ran off too fast 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | past | it | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} it wasn't big enough ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:240-pg14241-part7:t2:o3:1 # text = it wasn't big enough 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 enough enough ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | it | | | | | big, enough *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} there wasn't enough of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:240-pg14241-part7:t2:o4:1 # text = there wasn't enough of it 1 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 4 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | of it; enough *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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