--- title: did the master hear what started the row, innit? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Feather… · tree and pragmatics description: did the master hear what started the row, innit? Test 6 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/241-pg14241-part8/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid'… did the master hear what started the row, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** master · **What happens:** hear, start, innit · **To what, where:** row · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t6:1 # text = did the master hear what started the row, innit? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 6 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | the master | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **start** | past | | the row | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent row=Eventuality | | 3 | **innit** | infinitive | the master *not said here* | | | | | | 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 {#o1} no, he spoke to empty air ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t6:o1:1 # text = no, he spoke to empty air 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | to empty air | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to air=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} no, they were all too loud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t6:o2:1 # text = no, they were all too loud 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | all, loud *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} no, none of them could hear him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t6:o3:1 # text = no, none of them could hear him 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | could | none | him *= he* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} no, not one of them heard him at all that whole day long ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t6:o4:1 # text = no, not one of them heard him at all that whole day long 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 11 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | one of them | him *= he* | | | day | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | **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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