---
title: the scythe pit thing sounds deadly, like what even is it — pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: the scythe pit thing sounds deadly, like what even is it Test 10 · ★ of lesson 665 «pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd defies the king and survives the bear, the wild boars and the scythe pit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/665-pg2435-part5/t10/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/665-pg2435-part5/) / t10

# Test 10 · ★ · pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd de…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the scythe pit thing sounds deadly, like what even is it

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pit thing, thing · **What happens:** sound, be

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 665 «pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd defies the king and survives the bear, the wild boars and the scythe pit» 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/665-pg2435-part5/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:665-pg2435-part5:t10:1
# text = the scythe pit thing sounds deadly, like what even is it
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	scythe	scythe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obl	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present | the pit thing |  |  |  |  | deadly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
a dark dungeon with a deep well, sharp scythes all round, and a bear pit next door, mental

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:665-pg2435-part5:t10:o1:1
# text = a dark dungeon with a deep well, sharp scythes all round, and a bear pit next door, mental
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	scythes	scythe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
11	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	round	round	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
18	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **door** |  | a bear pit |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a dark dungeon with a deep well and sharp scythes all round, mental

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:665-pg2435-part5:t10:o2:1
# text = a dark dungeon with a deep well and sharp scythes all round, mental
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	scythes	scythe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
11	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	round	round	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a big hole full of spiky bears, really scary, mental

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:665-pg2435-part5:t10:o3:1
# text = a big hole full of spiky bears, really scary, mental
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	spiky	spiky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	really	really	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a dark dungeon with a deep well and sharp scythes all round and lots of guards standing at the gate, mental

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:665-pg2435-part5:t10:o4:1
# text = a dark dungeon with a deep well and sharp scythes all round and lots of guards standing at the gate, mental
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	scythes	scythe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
11	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	round	round	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
17	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	acl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | guards *not said here* |  |  | the gate |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gate=Location |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, par…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/665-pg2435-part5/t9/)
- next →: [pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, par…, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/665-pg2435-part5/t11/)
- ↑ back to [pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd defies the king and survives the bear, the wild boars and the scythe pit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/665-pg2435-part5/)