--- title: what was the raven doing lol? — Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the… · tree and pragmatics description: what was the raven doing lol? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/647-pg23661-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/) / [Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/647-pg23661-part15/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, pa… what was the raven doing lol? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** raven · **What happens:** be, do This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» 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/647-pg23661-part15/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t9:1 # text = what was the raven doing lol? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 lol lol INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the raven | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the raven *not said here* | | | | | | 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} pecking at the cake crumbs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t9:o1:1 # text = pecking at the cake crumbs 1 pecking peck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 crumbs crumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peck** | gerund | | | | | | at the cake crumbs | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at crumb=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} flying round the courtyard and trying to peck the goldfish out of the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t9:o2:1 # text = flying round the courtyard and trying to peck the goldfish out of the water 1 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 round round ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 peck peck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 goldfish goldfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | gerund | | | | the courtyard | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round courtyard=Trajectory | | 2 | **try** | gerund | flying | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **peck** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | flying *not said here* | the goldfish | | the water | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent goldfish=Patient out water=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} trying to peck the goldfish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t9:o3:1 # text = trying to peck the goldfish 1 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 peck peck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 goldfish goldfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **peck** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the goldfish | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goldfish=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} trying to peck the goldfish out of the fountain while the princess laughed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t9:o4:1 # text = trying to peck the goldfish out of the fountain while the princess laughed 1 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 csubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 peck peck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 goldfish goldfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 while while SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **peck** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the goldfish | | the fountain | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent goldfish=Patient out fountain=Location | | 3 | **laugh** | past | the princess | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: 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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