--- title: did the youngest bro just ride the fox like a skateboard? — Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: did the youngest bro just ride the fox like a skateboard? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 725 «Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest son catches the bird, is caught, and must fetch a golden horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/725-pg2591-part1/t3/) [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/) / [Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/725-pg2591-part1/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest s… did the youngest bro just ride the fox like a skateboard? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, ride · **To what, where:** youngest bro, fox This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 725 «Grimm Fairy Tales, The Golden Bird, part 1: the youngest son catches the bird, is caught, and must fetch a golden horse» 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/725-pg2591-part1/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:t3:1 # text = did the youngest bro just ride the fox like a skateboard? 1 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 skateboard skateboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the youngest bro | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Eventuality | | 2 | **ride** | present | | the fox | | | | like a skateboard | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, it ran so fast their hair whistled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:t3:o1:1 # text = Yeah, it ran so fast their hair whistled 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 whistled whistle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | it | their hair | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hair=Theme | | 2 | **whistle** | participle | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he walked beside it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:t3:o2:1 # text = Nah, he walked beside it 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 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 beside beside ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | he | | | it | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside it=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, it carried him all the way home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:t3:o3:1 # text = Yeah, it carried him all the way home 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 home home ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | it | him *= he* | | | | all way *obl:unmarked* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, it flew so high they fell off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:725-pg2591-part1:t3:o4:1 # text = Nah, it flew so high they fell off 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | it | | | | | high *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fall off** | past | they | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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