--- title: So what did Canute do to sort them out? — Stories of Old England, King Canute on… · tree and pragmatics description: So what did Canute do to sort them out? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 342 «Stories of Old England, King Canute on the Seashore: Canute orders the sea to stop and gets soaked» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/342-pg18442-part2/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/) / [Stories of Old England, King Canute on…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/342-pg18442-part2/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Stories of Old England, King Canute on the Seashore: Canut… So what did Canute do to sort them out? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Canute · **What happens:** do, sort out · **To what, where:** them This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 342 «Stories of Old England, King Canute on the Seashore: Canute orders the sea to stop and gets soaked» 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/342-pg18442-part2/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:342-pg18442-part2:t4:1 # text = So what did Canute do to sort them out? 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Canute Canute PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 sort sort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Canute | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **sort out** | to-infinitive | Canute *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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} Moved his chair to the hill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:342-pg18442-part2:t4:o1:1 # text = Moved his chair to the hill 1 Moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | | his chair | | the hill | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent chair=Theme to hill=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Parked his chair right down by the water's edge and waited ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:342-pg18442-part2:t4:o2:1 # text = Parked his chair right down by the water's edge and waited 1 Parked park VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 right right ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **park** | participle | | his chair | | | | by the water's edge; down *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chair=Theme by edge=Destination | | 2 | **wait** | past | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Ordered his servants to carry his chair up the cliff to the castle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:342-pg18442-part2:t4:o3:1 # text = Ordered his servants to carry his chair up the cliff to the castle 1 Ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 up up ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | | his servants | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | his servants *not said here* | his chair | | the castle | | up the cliff | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chair=Theme to castle=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Parked his chair by the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:342-pg18442-part2:t4:o4:1 # text = Parked his chair by the water 1 Parked park VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **park** | participle | | his chair | | | | by the water | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chair=Theme by water=Destination | **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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