--- title: Mad, eh? The monkeys came up the tree efter him, but whit did they d… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Ca… · tree and pragmatics description: Mad, eh? The monkeys came up the tree efter him, but whit did they dae? Test 4 · ★ 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 e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/260-pg14241-part27/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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Ca…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/260-pg14241-part27/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the cal… Mad, eh? The monkeys came up the tree efter him, but whit did they dae? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** monkeys, whit · **What happens:** come up, do · **To what, where:** tree efter, dae This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mad, eh? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t4:1 # text = Mad, eh? 1 Mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 eh eh INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* The monkeys came up the tree efter him, but whit did they dae? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t4:2 # text = The monkeys came up the tree efter him, but whit did they dae? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 efter efter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 dae dae X FW Foreign=Yes 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | past | the monkeys | the tree efter | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location efter=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | whit | dae | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dae=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They climbed and then fell down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t4:o1:1 # text = They climbed and then fell down 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 down down ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | past | They | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fall down** | past | They *not said here* | | | | then | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They climbed up and got a fright ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t4:o2:1 # text = They climbed up and got a fright 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb up** | past | They | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | They *not said here* | a fright | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fright=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} They sat down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t4:o3:1 # text = They sat down 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | They | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They tried tae climb but failed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t4:o4:1 # text = They tried tae climb but failed 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 tae tae X FW Foreign=Yes 4 mark _ _ 4 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | They | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **climb** *not said to happen* | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fail** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «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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