--- title: Wait, what did the fool give the lass to seal the deal? — English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay:… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what did the fool give the lass to seal the deal? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 247 «English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a coat o' clay, gets muddy and drunk, and learns he is still a fool» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/247-pg14241-part14/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 Coat o' Clay:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/247-pg14241-part14/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a… Wait, what did the fool give the lass to seal the deal? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, fool · **What happens:** wait, do, give, seal · **To what, where:** lass, deal This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 247 «English Fairy Tales, The Coat o' Clay: a fool hunts for a coat o' clay, gets muddy and drunk, and learns he is still a fool» 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/247-pg14241-part14/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t4:1 # text = Wait, what did the fool give the lass to seal the deal? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lass lass NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 seal seal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | present | the fool | the lass | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lass=Theme | | 4 | **seal** | to-infinitive | the fool *not said here* | the deal | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} his favourite old boot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t4:o1:1 # text = his favourite old boot 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 boot boot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} his best silver ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t4:o2:1 # text = his best silver ring 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 3 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} his lucky penny ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t4:o3:1 # text = his lucky penny 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 penny penny NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} his hat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:247-pg14241-part14:t4:o4:1 # text = his hat 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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