--- title: What was he doing in the road while the lads rode off? — Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 2… · tree and pragmatics description: What was he doing in the road while the lads rode off? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» 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/681-pg2435-part21/t12/) [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/) / [Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 2…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/681-pg2435-part21/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl give… What was he doing in the road while the lads rode off? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he, lads · **What happens:** do, ride off · **To what, where:** road This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» 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/681-pg2435-part21/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t12:1 # text = What was he doing in the road while the lads rode off? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | he | | | the road | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **ride off** | past | the lads | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | 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} Sleeping in the ditch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t12:o1:1 # text = Sleeping in the ditch 1 Sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ditch ditch NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | the ditch | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in ditch=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sitting and playing with mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t12:o2:1 # text = Sitting and playing with mud 1 Sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **play** | gerund | | | | | | with mud | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mud=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Making little clay soldiers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t12:o3:1 # text = Making little clay soldiers 1 Making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | | little clay soldiers | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset soldier=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Digging holes in the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:681-pg2435-part21:t12:o4:1 # text = Digging holes in the road 1 Digging dig VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | gerund | | holes | | the road | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Theme in road=Location | **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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