--- title: Proper, but what was the big tree doing, innit? — Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Proper, but what was the big tree doing, innit? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 692 «Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wakes the dead and Death loses his prize, then a stone-cutter wishes for more» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/692-pg2435-part32/t2/) [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 Book, The Prince and Death, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/692-pg2435-part32/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wake… Proper, but what was the big tree doing, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big tree · **What happens:** be, do, innit · **To what, where:** big tree This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 692 «Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wakes the dead and Death loses his prize, then a stone-cutter wishes for more» 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/692-pg2435-part32/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t2:1 # text = Proper, but what was the big tree doing, innit? 1 Proper properly ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 9 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the big tree | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the big tree *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **innit** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | 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} Lying broken on the ground after a huge storm had struck the valley ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t2:o1:1 # text = Lying broken on the ground after a huge storm had struck the valley 1 Lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 csubj:pass _ _ 2 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | gerund | | | | the ground | after a huge storm | | tree rules | | 2 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **strike** | past · perfect | Lying | the valley | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valley=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Torn up by its roots ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t2:o2:1 # text = Torn up by its roots 1 Torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tear up** | participle | | | | | | by its roots | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by root=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Torn up by its roots and thrown across the river by the storm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t2:o3:1 # text = Torn up by its roots and thrown across the river by the storm 1 Torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 8 across across ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tear up** | participle | | | | | | by its roots | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by root=Trajectory | | 2 | **throw** | participle | | | | the river | | by the storm | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by storm=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Struck by lightning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t2:o4:1 # text = Struck by lightning 1 Struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | participle | | | | | | by lightning | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by lightning=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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