---
title: Lol, what did the donkey see through the window? — Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the ro… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, what did the donkey see through the window? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 729 «Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the animals' noisy concert» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was rig
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/729-pg2591-part5/t7/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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, The Musicians of Bremen: the ro…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/729-pg2591-part5/) / t7

# Test 7 · ★ · Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lol, what did the donkey see through the window?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** donkey · **What happens:** see · **To what, where:** window

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 729 «Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the animals' noisy concert» 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/729-pg2591-part5/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:t7:1
# text = Lol, what did the donkey see through the window?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | the donkey |  |  | the window |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A table full of good stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:t7:o1:1
# text = A table full of good stuff
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fire burning in the hearth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:t7:o2:1
# text = A fire burning in the hearth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | gerund | a fire *not said here* |  |  | the hearth |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hearth=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A big warm room with a fire, a table, and a bunch of bags stuffed with gold coins

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:t7:o3:1
# text = A big warm room with a fire, a table, and a bunch of bags stuffed with gold coins
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bunch	bunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	bags	bag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
17	stuffed	stuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stuff** | participle · passive |  | a bunch of bags |  |  |  | with gold coins | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with coin=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A room full of sleeping robbers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:729-pg2591-part5:t7:o4:1
# text = A room full of sleeping robbers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	amod	_	_
6	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the ro…, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/729-pg2591-part5/t6/)
- next →: [Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the ro…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/729-pg2591-part5/t8/)
- ↑ back to [Grimm, The Musicians of Bremen: the robbers flee from the animals' noisy concert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/729-pg2591-part5/)

