--- title: Sick, what was Tree Comber doing with the trees? — Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd… · tree and pragmatics description: Sick, what was Tree Comber doing with the trees? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 711 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels is caught and wed, then Paul gathers three strong friends and finds a dragon's captive» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/711-pg2435-part51/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/) / [Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/711-pg2435-part51/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels… Sick, what was Tree Comber doing with the trees? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Tree Comber · **What happens:** sick, be, do · **To what, where:** Tree Comber This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 711 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels is caught and wed, then Paul gathers three strong friends and finds a dragon's captive» 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/711-pg2435-part51/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t8:1 # text = Sick, what was Tree Comber doing with the trees? 1 Sick sick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 Tree Tree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Comber comber NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sick** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | | Tree Comber | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | gerund | Tree Comber *not said here* | | | | | with the trees | 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 {#o1} Hugging them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t8:o1:1 # text = Hugging them 1 Hugging hug VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hug** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Chopping them into logs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t8:o2:1 # text = Chopping them into logs 1 Chopping chop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 logs log NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | into logs *result* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Patient into log=Result | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Combing them like flax ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t8:o3:1 # text = Combing them like flax 1 Combing comb VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 flax flax NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **comb** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | like flax | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cutting them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:t8:o4:1 # text = Cutting them 1 Cutting cut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | gerund | | them *= they* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | **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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