--- title: Yeah, what does the zither do to the hangman? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: mu… · tree and pragmatics description: Yeah, what does the zither do to the hangman? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 683 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth from the gallows, and he is made king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/683-pg2435-part23/t6/) [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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: mu…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/683-pg2435-part23/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth… Yeah, what does the zither do to the hangman? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** zither · **What happens:** do This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 683 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth from the gallows, and he is made king» 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/683-pg2435-part23/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:t6:1 # text = Yeah, what does the zither do to the hangman? 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 zither zither NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hangman hangman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · do-support | the zither | | | | | to the hangman | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} Makes him dance like a mad thing until he drops to the ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:t6:o1:1 # text = Makes him dance like a mad thing until he drops to the ground 1 Makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 dance dance VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 until until SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 drops drop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 2 | **dance** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | like a mad thing | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **drop** | present | he | | | the ground | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to ground=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Makes him sing a little tune ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:t6:o2:1 # text = Makes him sing a little tune 1 Makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | a little tune | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tune=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Makes him dance like a mad thing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:t6:o3:1 # text = Makes him dance like a mad thing 1 Makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dance** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | like a mad thing | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Makes him fall off the gallows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:t6:o4:1 # text = Makes him fall off the gallows 1 Makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 off off ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fall off** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the gallows | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient gallows=Extent | **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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