--- title: What did the robber do when he saw the gleam? — Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant · tree and pragmatics description: What did the robber do when he saw the gleam? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 685 «Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant» 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/685-pg2435-part25/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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/685-pg2435-part25/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant What did the robber do when he saw the gleam? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robber · **What happens:** do, see · **To what, where:** gleam This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 685 «Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant» 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/685-pg2435-part25/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:t7:1 # text = What did the robber do when he saw the gleam? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do 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 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gleam gleam NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | the robber | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | robber | the gleam | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gleam=Stimulus | 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} Ran away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:t7:o1:1 # text = Ran away 1 Ran run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | participle | | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Fell on the floor, begging ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:t7:o2:1 # text = Fell on the floor, begging 1 Fell fell NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Dropped to his knees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:t7:o3:1 # text = Dropped to his knees 1 Dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | participle | | | | his knees | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to knee=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Got down on his knees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:t7:o4:1 # text = Got down on his knees 1 Got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 down down ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get down** | past | | | | his knees | | down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | **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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