--- title: How close did he get to falling over the wall, innit? — Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part… · tree and pragmatics description: How close did he get to falling over the wall, innit? Test 8 · ★ 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 o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/692-pg2435-part32/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and Death, part 32: the prince wake… How close did he get to falling over the wall, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** get, fall, innit · **To what, where:** wall This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t8:1 # text = How close did he get to falling over the wall, innit? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | he | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **fall** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | the wall | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over wall=Location | | 3 | **innit** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Half over it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t8:o1:1 # text = Half over it 1 Half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 0 root _ _ 2 over over ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Not at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t8:o2:1 # text = Not at all 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Nearly over ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t8:o3:1 # text = Nearly over 1 Nearly nearly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 over over ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Slightly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:692-pg2435-part32:t8:o4:1 # text = Slightly 1 Slightly slightly ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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