--- title: So what did the dragon want John to give as a pledge, like? — Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and th… · tree and pragmatics description: So what did the dragon want John to give as a pledge, like? Test 7 · ★ 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 prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/651-pg23661-part19/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: Jo… So what did the dragon want John to give as a pledge, like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dragon, John · **What happens:** want, give · **To what, where:** John This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t7:1 # text = So what did the dragon want John to give as a pledge, like? 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pledge pledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 like like ADP IN _ 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past · do-support | the dragon | John | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | John *not said here* | | | | | as a pledge | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1} his favourite anvil ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t7:o1:1 # text = his favourite anvil 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 anvil anvil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} something he values most ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t7:o2:1 # text = something he values most 1 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 values value VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **value** | present | something | most | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer most=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} his house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t7:o3:1 # text = his house 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} his hammer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:t7:o4:1 # text = his hammer 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hammer hammer 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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