--- title: Wait, what was the dragon even doing by the pillar? — Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5:… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what was the dragon even doing by the pillar? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 637 «Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dragon and the prize is eaten» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/637-pg23661-part5/t2/) [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/) / [Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/637-pg23661-part5/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dra… Wait, what was the dragon even doing by the pillar? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, dragon · **What happens:** wait, be, do · **To what, where:** dragon This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 637 «Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dragon and the prize is eaten» 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/637-pg23661-part5/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t2:1 # text = Wait, what was the dragon even doing by the pillar? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ 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 | **is a** | past | | the dragon | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | gerund | the dragon *not said here* | | | | | by the pillar | 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} Was hiding from ships ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t2:o1:1 # text = Was hiding from ships 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 aux _ _ 2 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past · progressive | | | | ships | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from ship=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 {#o2} Eating buns ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t2:o2:1 # text = Eating buns 1 Eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 buns bun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | gerund | | buns | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bun=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Was eating some grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t2:o3:1 # text = Was eating some grass 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 aux _ _ 2 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · progressive | | some grass | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Had a busted wing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t2:o4:1 # text = Had a busted wing 1 Had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 busted bust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | | a busted wing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 2 | **bust** | participle | | | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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