--- title: did he tell the mistress about the feathers, bruv? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Feather… · tree and pragmatics description: did he tell the mistress about the feathers, bruv? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/241-pg14241-part8/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: the laundry-maid'… did he tell the mistress about the feathers, bruv? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** tell · **To what, where:** mistress · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t9:1 # text = did he tell the mistress about the feathers, bruv? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | he | | the mistress | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mistress=Recipient about feather=Topic | 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} yes, he told her all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t9:o1:1 # text = yes, he told her all 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he | | her *= she* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} no way, he kept quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t9:o2:1 # text = no way, he kept quiet 1 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | no way | | | | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} no way, he kept quiet and never spoke of them again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t9:o3:1 # text = no way, he kept quiet and never spoke of them again 1 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | no way | | | | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | past | he *not said here* | | | | again | of them *= they* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} yes, he told the mistress everything about the feathers at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:241-pg14241-part8:t9:o4:1 # text = yes, he told the mistress everything about the feathers at once 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he | everything | | | | about the feathers | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent everything=Recipient about feather=Topic | **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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