--- title: bet the butler was well gutted, what did the girl do to his shutters? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Feather… · tree and pragmatics description: bet the butler was well gutted, what did the girl do to his shutters? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 241 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid's spell sends the men into the pond until her bird-husband comes to take her away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/241-pg14241-part8/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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Three Feather…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/241-pg14241-part8/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid'… bet the butler was well gutted, what did the girl do to his shutters? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, girl · **What happens:** bet, gut, do · **To what, where:** butler This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 241 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid's spell sends the men into the pond until her bird-husband comes to take her away» 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/241-pg14241-part8/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t4:1 # text = bet the butler was well gutted, what did the girl do to his shutters? 1 bet bet VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 butler butler NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 6 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 shutters shutter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bet** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn risk-94 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **gut** | past · passive | | the butler | | | | well *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | | 3 | **do** | past · do-support | the girl | | | | | to his shutters | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} made them shake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t4:o1:1 # text = made them shake 1 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shake** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} made them bang all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t4:o2:1 # text = made them bang all day 1 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 bang bang ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | them *= they* | | | day | bang *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} made them rattle till dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t4:o3:1 # text = made them rattle till dawn 1 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 rattle rattle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 till till ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rattle** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | dawn | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} made them clap all night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t4:o4:1 # text = made them clap all night 1 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 clap clap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **clap** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | night | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «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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