--- title: What did Nigel tie to his arm, yeah? — The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D… · tree and pragmatics description: What did Nigel tie to his arm, yeah? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 649 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Nigel must work out the dragon's sleep, and the dragon turns to stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/649-pg23661-part17/t12/) [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/) / [The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/649-pg23661-part17/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Nigel must w… What did Nigel tie to his arm, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Nigel · **What happens:** tie This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 649 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Nigel must work out the dragon's sleep, and the dragon turns to stone» 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/649-pg23661-part17/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:t12:1 # text = What did Nigel tie to his arm, yeah? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Nigel Nigel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tie tie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie** | past · do-support | Nigel | | | | | to Nigel's arm | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent what=Patient to arm=Co-Patient | 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} A cord ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:t12:o1:1 # text = A cord 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A long silk cord from his pocket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:t12:o2:1 # text = A long silk cord from his pocket 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:t12:o3:1 # text = Rope 1 Rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A tie ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:649-pg23661-part17:t12:o4:1 # text = A tie 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tie tie NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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