--- title: Wait, why's the cow all skinny and wisht? — English Fairy Tales, Scrapefoot, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, why's the cow all skinny and wisht? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 248 «English Fairy Tales, Scrapefoot, part 15: pixies eat a cow, a blinded giant, and a fox sneaks into the bears' castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/248-pg14241-part15/t3/) [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, Scrapefoot, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/248-pg14241-part15/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Scrapefoot, part 15: pixies eat a cow… Wait, why's the cow all skinny and wisht? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** cow This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 248 «English Fairy Tales, Scrapefoot, part 15: pixies eat a cow, a blinded giant, and a fox sneaks into the bears' castle» 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/248-pg14241-part15/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:248-pg14241-part15:t3:1 # text = Wait, why's the cow all skinny and wisht? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 skinny skinny NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 wisht wisht NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? 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 | **is a** | present | | the cow | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She's been starved all winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:248-pg14241-part15:t3:o1:1 # text = She's been starved all winter 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 starved starve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **starve** | present · passive | | She | | | winter | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She's been eaten and put back together ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:248-pg14241-part15:t3:o2:1 # text = She's been eaten and put back together 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 together together ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present · passive | | She | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **put back** | participle | | | | | | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She got eaten by the pixies and they stuck her back together ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:248-pg14241-part15:t3:o3:1 # text = She got eaten by the pixies and they stuck her back together 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pixies pixie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 together together ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · passive | the pixies | She | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **stick back** | past | pixies *= pixie* | | her *= she* | | | together *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} She got her bones mixed up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:248-pg14241-part15:t3:o4:1 # text = She got her bones mixed up 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | She | her bones | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mix up** | participle | her bones *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **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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