--- title: Ayo, why did the merchant have a big party? — Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: T… · tree and pragmatics description: Ayo, why did the merchant have a big party? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 678 «Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla and becomes a scullion» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/678-pg2435-part18/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/) / [Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: T…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/678-pg2435-part18/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla… Ayo, why did the merchant have a big party? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ayo, merchant · **What happens:** do, have · **To what, where:** big party This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 678 «Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla and becomes a scullion» 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/678-pg2435-part18/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:t8:1 # text = Ayo, why did the merchant have a big party? 1 Ayo Ayo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Ayo | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | the merchant | a big party | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient | 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} Because he wanted to show off his rich new house and wealth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:t8:o1:1 # text = Because he wanted to show off his rich new house and wealth 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 8 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **show off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | his rich new house and wealth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent house=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} For his baby's christening ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:t8:o2:1 # text = For his baby's christening 1 For for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **christen** | | his baby | | | | | | nom christening «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} For his son's wedding day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:t8:o3:1 # text = For his son's wedding day 1 For for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} To celebrate his baby getting christened, plus make business friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:t8:o4:1 # text = To celebrate his baby getting christened, plus make business friends 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 celebrate celebrate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 christened christen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 plus plus CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 10 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **celebrate** | to-infinitive | | his baby | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme | | 2 | **get** | gerund | his baby *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **christen** | participle | his baby *not said here* | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | | business friends | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product | **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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