--- title: Why'd she fancy him, then? — English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brain… · tree and pragmatics description: Why'd she fancy him, then? Test 13 · ★ 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 each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hoby… Why'd she fancy him, then? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** fancy · **To what, where:** him This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t13:1 # text = Why'd she fancy him, then? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fancy fancy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fancy** | would | she | him *= he* | | | then | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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} cos folks say fools make bad husbands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t13:o1:1 # text = cos folks say fools make bad husbands 1 cos cos ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 fools fool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 husbands husband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | cos folks | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | present | fools | bad husbands | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset husband=Product | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} cos folks say fools make good husbands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t13:o2:1 # text = cos folks say fools make good husbands 1 cos cos ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 fools fool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 husbands husband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | cos folks | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | present | fools | good husbands | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset husband=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} cos she heard from her mam that fools make very good husbands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t13:o3:1 # text = cos she heard from her mam that fools make very good husbands 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mam mam NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 8 fools fool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 husbands husband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | cos | good husbands | | cos's mam | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent husband=Topic from mam=Source | | 2 | **make** | present | fools | cos's mam | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset that=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} cos folks say fools make good husbands if they work hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:t13:o4:1 # text = cos folks say fools make good husbands if they work hard 1 cos cos ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 fools fool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 husbands husband NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | cos folks | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | present | fools | good husbands | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset husband=Product | | 3 | **work** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | fools *= fool* | | | | | hard *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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