--- title: Whit's the deal wi the bladder? It killed things, aye? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Ca… · tree and pragmatics description: Whit's the deal wi the bladder? It killed things, aye? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 260 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the calf dies, the boy finds a princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/260-pg14241-part27/t10/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Ca…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/260-pg14241-part27/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the cal… Whit's the deal wi the bladder? It killed things, aye? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** be, kill · **To what, where:** deal, things This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 260 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the calf dies, the boy finds a princess» 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/260-pg14241-part27/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Whit's the deal wi the bladder? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t10:1 # text = Whit's the deal wi the bladder? 1 Whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 wi wi ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bladder bladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Whit | the deal | | | | wi the bladder | 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. *Sentence 2:* It killed things, aye? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t10:2 # text = It killed things, aye? 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 aye aye INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past | Whit | things | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Naw, it's just air ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t10:o1:1 # text = Naw, it's just air 1 Naw Naw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | air | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Aye, it killed the boy's calf ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t10:o2:1 # text = Aye, it killed the boy's calf 1 Aye aye INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past | it | the boy's calf | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Aye, it killed everything the boy hit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t10:o3:1 # text = Aye, it killed everything the boy hit 1 Aye aye INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past | it | everything | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | | 2 | **hit** | past | the boy | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Naw, it only scared the monkeys ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t10:o4:1 # text = Naw, it only scared the monkeys 1 Naw Naw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 scared scare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scare** | past | Naw | the monkeys | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus monkey=Experiencer | **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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