--- title: Did the crowd cheer Uncle James, or boo him? — Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The P… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the crowd cheer Uncle James, or boo him? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 638 «Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6: the dragon's birthday plot is revealed and the Princess is offered as a present» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/638-pg23661-part6/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/) / [Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The P…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/638-pg23661-part6/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6… Did the crowd cheer Uncle James, or boo him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** boo · **To what, where:** James This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 638 «Book of Dragons, Uncle James, or The Purple Dragon, part 6: the dragon's birthday plot is revealed and the Princess is offered as a present» 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/638-pg23661-part6/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:t9:1 # text = Did the crowd cheer Uncle James, or boo him? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 cheer cheer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 boo boo VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boo** | past · do-support | | James | | | | | 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} booed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:t9:o1:1 # text = booed 1 booed boo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boo** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} cheered him wildly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:t9:o2:1 # text = cheered him wildly 1 cheered cheer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 wildly wildly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheer** | past | | him *= he* | | | | wildly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} clapped him politely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:t9:o3:1 # text = clapped him politely 1 clapped clap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 politely politely ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clap** | past | | him *= he* | | | | politely *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} ran off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:638-pg23661-part6:t9:o4:1 # text = ran off 1 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | past | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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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