--- title: What did the lass offer, innit? — English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brain… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the lass offer, innit? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 253 «English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hobyahs are beaten, the fool's mother dies, and a lass offers to help him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t11/) [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, A Pottle o' Brain…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hoby… What did the lass offer, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lass offer · **What happens:** do, innit · **To what, where:** lass offer This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 253 «English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hobyahs are beaten, the fool's mother dies, and a lass offers to help him» 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/253-pg14241-part20/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t11:1 # text = What did the lass offer, innit? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 lass lass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the lass offer | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Eventuality | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the lass offer *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} to look after him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t11:o1:1 # text = to look after him 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | after him *= he* | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} to cook for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t11:o2:1 # text = to cook for him 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 cook cook VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | to-infinitive | | | | | | for him *= he* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 {#o3} to mend his coat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t11:o3:1 # text = to mend his coat 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 mend mend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mend** | to-infinitive | | his coat | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} to marry him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t11:o4:1 # text = to marry him 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 marry marry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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