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title: Did the dragon have a proper go at a lullaby or nah? — Book of Dragons, The Last of the Drago… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the dragon have a proper go at a lullaby or nah? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 652 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dragon minds the baby, then fights a giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dra…

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Did the dragon have a proper go at a lullaby or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dragon · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** proper go, lullaby

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 652 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dragon minds the baby, then fights a giant» 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/652-pg23661-part20/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t3:1
# text = Did the dragon have a proper go at a lullaby or nah?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	go	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lullaby	lullaby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the dragon | a proper go |  | a lullaby |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent go=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he tried Hush-a-by Baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t3:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he tried Hush-a-by Baby
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Hush	Hush	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Baby	Baby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | he | Hush |  |  |  | by Baby | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hush=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he sang Hush-a-by Dragon and purred right after it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t3:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he sang Hush-a-by Dragon and purred right after it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Hush	Hush	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	purred	purr	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
13	right	right	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | he | Hush and a Dragon |  |  | after Dragon |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hush=Theme |
| 2 | **purr** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he sang loads of songs but none of them worked on the baby at all

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he sang loads of songs but none of them worked on the baby at all
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	12	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | he | loads of songs |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location load=Theme |
| 2 | **work** | past | none |  |  |  |  | at all; on the baby | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme PP.beneficary»: agent=Agent on baby=Theme at all=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he sang Hush-a-by Dragon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he sang Hush-a-by Dragon
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Hush	Hush	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | he | Hush |  |  |  | by Dragon | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hush=Theme |

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