--- title: wicked, the Barmecide carved a roast that wasn't there, right? — Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide F… · tree and pragmatics description: wicked, the Barmecide carved a roast that wasn't there, right? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 355 «Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor Schacabac is treated to a pretend feast by a rich old man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/355-pg18442-part15/t7/) [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/) / [Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/355-pg18442-part15/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor… wicked, the Barmecide carved a roast that wasn't there, right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Barmecide, roast · **What happens:** carve, not be This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 355 «Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor Schacabac is treated to a pretend feast by a rich old man» 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/355-pg18442-part15/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t7:1 # text = wicked, the Barmecide carved a roast that wasn't there, right? 1 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Barmecide Barmecide PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 carved carve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 roast roast NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 right right INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carve** | past | the Barmecide | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | a roast | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | 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} Yeah, he carved an imaginary roast with a knife and fork, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t7:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he carved an imaginary roast with a knife and fork, mate 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 carved carve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 imaginary imaginary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 roast roast NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 fork fork NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carve** | past | he | a imaginary roast | | | | with a knife and fork and mate | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent roast=Patient with knife=Instrument | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, pretend carving ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t7:o2:1 # text = Yeah, pretend carving 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 pretend pretend ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 carving carving NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, pretend slicing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t7:o3:1 # text = Yeah, pretend slicing 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 pretend pretend ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 slicing slicing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he didn't carve anything, he just stood there looking at the empty dish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t7:o4:1 # text = Nah, he didn't carve anything, he just stood there looking at the empty dish 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 carve carve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 13 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **carve** | past · do-support | he | anything | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | past | he | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | at the empty dish | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at dish=Theme | **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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