--- title: Did the dragon really say it would eat him last? — Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and th… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the dragon really say it would eat him last? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 651 «Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: John finds a dragon in the dungeon and chains it up with his baby as a pledge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/651-pg23661-part19/t4/) [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 Blacksmith and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/651-pg23661-part19/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: Jo… Did the dragon really say it would eat him last? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dragon · **What happens:** do, say, eat, last · **To what, where:** dragon, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 651 «Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: John finds a dragon in the dungeon and chains it up with his baby as a pledge» 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/651-pg23661-part19/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t4:1 # text = Did the dragon really say it would eat him last? 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 3 det _ _ 3 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the dragon | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **eat** | would | dragon | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **last** | infinitive | dragon *not said here* | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | 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} yeah, it said it'd eat him now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t4:o1:1 # text = yeah, it said it'd eat him now 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | it | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **eat** | would | it | him *= he* | | | now | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, it said it'd eat him after the baby and the chickens ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t4:o2:1 # text = nah, it said it'd eat him after the baby and the chickens 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 chickens chicken NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | it | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **eat** | would | it | him *= he* | | | after the baby and the chickens | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, it said it'd eat him last ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t4:o3:1 # text = yeah, it said it'd eat him last 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 last last ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | it | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **eat** | would | it | him *= he* | | | | last *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, it said it'd eat him last, then the baby, then the cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t4:o4:1 # text = yeah, it said it'd eat him last, then the baby, then the cat 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 last last ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | it | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **eat** | would | it | him *= he* | | | | last *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | **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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