--- title: Wait, what did the clerk say about nicking birds in the royal gardens? — Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what did the clerk say about nicking birds in the royal gardens? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 282 «Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 9: the clerk dreams he is a lark, is caught by a sailor-boy and is sold to two schoolboys» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/282-pg1597-part9/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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/282-pg1597-part9/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 9: the clerk… Wait, what did the clerk say about nicking birds in the royal gardens? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, clerk · **What happens:** wait, do, say, nick · **To what, where:** birds, royal gardens · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 282 «Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 9: the clerk dreams he is a lark, is caught by a sailor-boy and is sold to two schoolboys» 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/282-pg1597-part9/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t10:1 # text = Wait, what did the clerk say about nicking birds in the royal gardens? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 about about SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 nicking nick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? 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 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the clerk | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **nick** | gerund | the clerk *not said here* | birds | | the royal gardens | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient | 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} strictly forbidden by the royal gardeners and the police ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t10:o1:1 # text = strictly forbidden by the royal gardeners and the police 1 strictly strictly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 forbidden forbid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 gardeners gardener NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbid** | participle | | | | | | by the royal gardeners and the police; strictly *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | ### Option 2 {#o2} quite forbidden ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t10:o2:1 # text = quite forbidden 1 quite quite ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 forbidden forbid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbid** | participle | | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} strictly forbidden ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t10:o3:1 # text = strictly forbidden 1 strictly strictly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 forbidden forbid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbid** | participle | | | | | | strictly *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} strictly forbidden, and any boy caught doing it would be fined ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:t10:o4:1 # text = strictly forbidden, and any boy caught doing it would be fined 1 strictly strictly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 forbidden forbid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 fined fine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbid** | participle | | | | | | strictly *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 2 | **catch** | past | any boy | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | gerund | any boy *not said here* | it | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 4 | **fine** | would · passive | | | | | | | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient» | **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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