--- title: did the scabbard grow with the boy, for real? — Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Coul… · tree and pragmatics description: did the scabbard grow with the boy, for real? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/670-pg2435-part10/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/) / [Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Coul…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/670-pg2435-part10/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the… did the scabbard grow with the boy, for real? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** grow · **To what, where:** scabbard This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» 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/670-pg2435-part10/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t8:1 # text = did the scabbard grow with the boy, for real? 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 scabbard scabbard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | | the scabbard | | | | with the boy | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: 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} yep, it grew bigger and heavier until it was too big to carry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t8:o1:1 # text = yep, it grew bigger and heavier until it was too big to carry 1 yep yep 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 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ _ 8 until until SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | it | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **carry** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yep, it grew bigger too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t8:o2:1 # text = yep, it grew bigger too 1 yep yep 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 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | it | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} yep, it got longer too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t8:o3:1 # text = yep, it got longer too 1 yep yep 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 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 longer long ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | it | | | | | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} yep, it kept growing bigger too as he got older and taller over the years ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:670-pg2435-part10:t8:o4:1 # text = yep, it kept growing bigger too as he got older and taller over the years 1 yep yep 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 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 conj _ _ 14 over over ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | it | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | gerund | | | | | | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get** | past | he | | | | year | old *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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