--- title: wait, what did the weavers say their cloth could do? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what did the weavers say their cloth could do? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 274 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, part 1: a vain Emperor is fooled by two cheating weavers» 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/274-pg1597-part1/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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/274-pg1597-part1/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, part 1:… wait, what did the weavers say their cloth could do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, weavers, cloth · **What happens:** wait, say, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 274 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, part 1: a vain Emperor is fooled by two cheating weavers» 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/274-pg1597-part1/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:t4:1 # text = wait, what did the weavers say their cloth could do? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 weavers weaver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the weavers | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | could | weavers's cloth | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} stay hidden from fools and rivals ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:t4:o1:1 # text = stay hidden from fools and rivals 1 stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 fools fool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 rivals rival NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | fools and rivals | | hidden *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} hide from the unfit and make wearers truly invisible to all of court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:t4:o2:1 # text = hide from the unfit and make wearers truly invisible to all of court 1 hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 unfit unfit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 wearers wearer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 truly truly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the unfit | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from unfit=Beneficiary | | 2 | **make** | present | you *not said here* | wearers | | | | invisible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wearer=Product | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} hide from the unfit, like invisible ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:t4:o3:1 # text = hide from the unfit, like invisible 1 hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 unfit unfit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the unfit | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from unfit=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} hide from anyone unfit for office or in any way disloyal to the crown ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:t4:o4:1 # text = hide from anyone unfit for office or in any way disloyal to the crown 1 hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 1 obl _ _ 4 unfit unfit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 disloyal disloyal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | anyone | | to the crown; unfit *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from anyone=Beneficiary | **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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