--- title: How much did tourists have to fork out to peep at the dragon? — Book of Dragons, The Last of the Drago… · tree and pragmatics description: How much did tourists have to fork out to peep at the dragon? Test 8 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/652-pg23661-part20/t8/) [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 Last of the Drago…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/652-pg23661-part20/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dra… How much did tourists have to fork out to peep at the dragon? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** much tourists · **What happens:** be, have, peep · **To what, where:** fork This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t8:1 # text = How much did tourists have to fork out to peep at the dragon? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 4 tourists tourist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 fork fork NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 peep peep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | much *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | much tourists | fork | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fork=Patient | | 3 | **peep** | to-infinitive | much tourists *not said here* | | | | | at the dragon | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at dragon=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} twopence each, innit, or they didn't get in at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t8:o1:1 # text = twopence each, innit, or they didn't get in at all 1 twopence twopence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 1 det _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 innit innit INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 11 in in ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **get in** | past · do-support | they | | | all | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} threepence, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t8:o2:1 # text = threepence, innit 1 threepence threepence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} twopence, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t8:o3:1 # text = twopence, innit 1 twopence twopence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a shilling, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:652-pg23661-part20:t8:o4:1 # text = a shilling, innit 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shilling shilling NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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