--- title: no cap how did the old lady grab the girl — Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper,… · tree and pragmatics description: no cap how did the old lady grab the girl Test 4 · ★ of lesson 677 «Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper, part 17: a wise maiden is carried off, and lazy Tiidu finds his pipes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/677-pg2435-part17/t4/) [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/) / [Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/677-pg2435-part17/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper, part 17: a wise maid… no cap how did the old lady grab the girl **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old lady · **What happens:** grab · **To what, where:** girl This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 677 «Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper, part 17: a wise maiden is carried off, and lazy Tiidu finds his pipes» 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/677-pg2435-part17/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:677-pg2435-part17:t4:1 # text = no cap how did the old lady grab the girl 1 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 grab grab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | past · do-support | the old lady | the girl | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=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} she climbed the tree and grabbed her tightly while the girl screamed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:677-pg2435-part17:t4:o1:1 # text = she climbed the tree and grabbed her tightly while the girl screamed 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 grabbed grab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 tightly tightly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 while while SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 screamed scream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | past | she | the tree | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 2 | **grab** | past | she *not said here* | | | | | tightly *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | the girl | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} she swung her over her shoulders ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:677-pg2435-part17:t4:o2:1 # text = she swung her over her shoulders 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swing** | past | she | her *= she* | | her shoulders | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme over shoulder=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} after a long chase she finally caught the girl with both arms ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:677-pg2435-part17:t4:o3:1 # text = after a long chase she finally caught the girl with both arms 1 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 finally finally ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | she | the girl | | | after a long chase | with both arms; finally *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} she lifted her onto a horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:677-pg2435-part17:t4:o4:1 # text = she lifted her onto a horse 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 onto onto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | past | she | her *= she* | | | | onto a horse | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme onto horse=Destination | **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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