--- title: How did the lord sus out her house, mate? — English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin… · tree and pragmatics description: How did the lord sus out her house, mate? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 263 «English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and her father is found» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/263-pg14241-part30/t9/) [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, Catskin: Catskin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/263-pg14241-part30/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and h… How did the lord sus out her house, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** lord sus This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 263 «English Fairy Tales, Catskin: Catskin wins her lord, and her father is found» 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/263-pg14241-part30/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t9:1 # text = How did the lord sus out her house, mate? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 sus sus NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the lord sus | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sus=Eventuality | 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 {#o1} A servant told him the way ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t9:o1:1 # text = A servant told him the way 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a servant | the way | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient way=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} He sent his best hunters to track her through the whole country for many weeks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t9:o2:1 # text = He sent his best hunters to track her through the whole country for many weeks 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 track track VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | He | his best hunters | | the whole country | week | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunter=Theme | | 2 | **track** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She told him herself at dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t9:o3:1 # text = She told him herself at dawn 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 appos _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | She | | him *= he* | | dawn | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He followed her to the forest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:263-pg14241-part30:t9:o4:1 # text = He followed her to the forest 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past | He | her *= she* | | the forest | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme to forest=Trajectory | **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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