--- title: did the king get a drink from the spring then? — Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide F… · tree and pragmatics description: did the king get a drink from the spring then? Test 9 · ★ 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 question and of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/355-pg18442-part15/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/) / [Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/355-pg18442-part15/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor… did the king get a drink from the spring then? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** drink This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t9:1 # text = did the king get a drink from the spring then? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the king | a drink | | | then; spring | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer drink=Stimulus | 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} Nah, the water was foul ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t9:o1:1 # text = Nah, the water was foul 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 foul foul ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the water | | | | | foul *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, the spring had a huge dead snake lying in the pool at the bottom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t9:o2:1 # text = Nah, the spring had a huge dead snake lying in the pool at the bottom 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the spring | a huge dead snake | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Patient | | 2 | **lie** | gerund | a huge dead snake *not said here* | | | the pool | | at the bottom | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in pool=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nah, the snake was in it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t9:o3:1 # text = Nah, the snake was in it 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | in snake | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yeah, he drank deep from the clear water before the hawk came back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:t9:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he drank deep from the clear water before the hawk came back 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 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 deep deep ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past | he | | | the clear water | | deep *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from water=Source | | 2 | **come back** | past | the hawk | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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