--- title: Did the monument idea sound sound to Effie, or was she sceptical? — Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of The… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the monument idea sound sound to Effie, or was she sceptical? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 642 «Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10: the children escape the dragon and find the room of weather taps» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/642-pg23661-part10/t11/) [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, The Deliverers of The…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/642-pg23661-part10/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10:… Did the monument idea sound sound to Effie, or was she sceptical? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Effie · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** sound sound This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 642 «Book of Dragons, The Deliverers of Their Country, part 10: the children escape the dragon and find the room of weather taps» 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/642-pg23661-part10/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t11:1 # text = Did the monument idea sound sound to Effie, or was she sceptical? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 monument monument NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Effie Effie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 sceptical sceptical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the sound sound | | | | to Effie | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | Effie | | | | | sceptical *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} She wasn't sure, cos there were too many dead dragons to bury ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t11:o1:1 # text = She wasn't sure, cos there were too many dead dragons to bury 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | She | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | many dead dragons | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bury** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} She wasn't sure at all, cos there were too many dead dragons to bury and the County Council would never pay for a monument ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t11:o2:1 # text = She wasn't sure at all, cos there were too many dead dragons to bury and the County Council would never pay for a monument 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 10 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 bury bury VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 County County PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Council Council PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 monument monument NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | She | | | all | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | many dead dragons | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bury** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **pay** | would | the County Council | | | | | for a monument | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for monument=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She thought it was silly, cos nobody would pay for it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t11:o3:1 # text = She thought it was silly, cos nobody would pay for it 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | She | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | silly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **pay** | would | nobody | | | | | for it | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She liked it, cos the dragons were far too big to move ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:642-pg23661-part10:t11:o4:1 # text = She liked it, cos the dragons were far too big to move 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 10 too too ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | past | She | it | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the dragons | | | | | big, far *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **move** | to-infinitive | the dragons *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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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