--- title: Did the minister trust them, or nah? — Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes,… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the minister trust them, or nah? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 697 «Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes, part 1: the ogress pays the youth, then the minister sets out to find a queen» 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/697-pg2435-part37/t11/) [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/) / [Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/697-pg2435-part37/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes, part 1: the ogress p… Did the minister trust them, or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** minister · **What happens:** trust · **To what, where:** them This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 697 «Tales of Many Lands, The Three Robes, part 1: the ogress pays the youth, then the minister sets out to find a queen» 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/697-pg2435-part37/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:697-pg2435-part37:t11:1 # text = Did the minister trust them, or nah? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | past · do-support | the minister | them *= they* | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 {#o1} Nah, he refused, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:697-pg2435-part37:t11:o1:1 # text = Nah, he refused, bruv 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | he | bruv | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bruv=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yeah, he was dead wary and asked her once ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:697-pg2435-part37:t11:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he was dead wary and asked her once 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 wary wary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | wary *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | once *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, he got dead keen and begged for her hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:697-pg2435-part37:t11:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he got dead keen and begged for her hand 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 keen keen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | he | dead keen | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer keen=Stimulus | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | he *not said here* | | | | | for her hand | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for hand=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he got dead keen but she said no, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:697-pg2435-part37:t11:o4:1 # text = Nah, he got dead keen but she said no, innit 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 keen keen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 innit innit INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | he | dead keen | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer keen=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic | **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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