--- title: Sus, why did the boy keep chasing that bird? — Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Ma… · tree and pragmatics description: Sus, why did the boy keep chasing that bird? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 682 «Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a boy saves a magician from wolves and wins his horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/682-pg2435-part22/t7/) [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/) / [Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Ma…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/682-pg2435-part22/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a b… Sus, why did the boy keep chasing that bird? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sus · **What happens:** do, keep, chase · **To what, where:** boy, bird This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 682 «Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a boy saves a magician from wolves and wins his horse» 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/682-pg2435-part22/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:t7:1 # text = Sus, why did the boy keep chasing that bird? 1 Sus sus NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 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 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 chasing chase VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the boy | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Eventuality | | 2 | **keep** | present | Sus | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **chase** | gerund | Sus *not said here* | that bird | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=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} It was wounded and kept leading him deeper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:t7:o1:1 # text = It was wounded and kept leading him deeper 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 deeper deep ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | wounded *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lead** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | deep *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Because it was wounded and fleeing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:t7:o2:1 # text = Because it was wounded and fleeing 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 fleeing flee VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | wounded *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **flee** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because it had stolen his bow and fled into the trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:t7:o3:1 # text = Because it had stolen his bow and fled into the trees 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive | | it | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary bow=Theme | | 2 | **flee** | past | | | | the trees | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into tree=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was tame and friendly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:t7:o4:1 # text = It was tame and friendly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 tame tame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | tame *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | **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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