---
title: Dead funny, who was too scared to go see it? — Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dead funny, who was too scared to go see it? Test 8 · ★ 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 was wro
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/637-pg23661-part5/t8/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / t8

# Test 8 · ★ · Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dra…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dead funny, who was too scared to go see it?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, go, see · **To what, where:** it

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t8:1
# text = Dead funny, who was too scared to go see it?
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All the Rotundian children in the square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t8:o1:1
# text = All the Rotundian children in the square
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Rotundian	Rotundian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Lord Chief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t8:o2:1
# text = The Lord Chief
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Chief	Chief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The little duchesses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t8:o3:1
# text = The little duchesses
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	duchesses	duchess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The big elephant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t8:o4:1
# text = The big elephant
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5:…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/637-pg23661-part5/t7/)
- next →: [Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5:…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/637-pg23661-part5/t9/)
- ↑ back to [Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dragon and the prize is eaten](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/637-pg23661-part5/)