--- title: Ngl, what did Peter say he was doing? — Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, what did Peter say he was doing? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 704 «Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever Youth and the Herdsman: he loses the king's golden ox, dodges the scythes, and wins a bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/704-pg2435-part44/t12/) [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 of Many Lands, The Clever…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/704-pg2435-part44/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever Youth and the Herdsm… Ngl, what did Peter say he was doing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Peter · **What happens:** say, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 704 «Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever Youth and the Herdsman: he loses the king's golden ox, dodges the scythes, and wins a bride» 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/704-pg2435-part44/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:t12:1 # text = Ngl, what did Peter say he was doing? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Peter | | | | | Ngl *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past · progressive | Peter | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} wandering to find work ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:t12:o1:1 # text = wandering to find work 1 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | | work | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} seeking a job ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:t12:o2:1 # text = seeking a job 1 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | gerund | | a job | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} travelling to find a master ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:t12:o3:1 # text = travelling to find a master 1 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | | a master | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} looking for work ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:t12:o4:1 # text = looking for work 1 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | for work | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for work=Theme | **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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