--- title: so the carter's wife basically killed him by accident?? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and t… · tree and pragmatics description: so the carter's wife basically killed him by accident?? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 732 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird's revenge, then the twelve dancing princesses begin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/732-pg2591-part8/t5/) [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's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/732-pg2591-part8/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird'… so the carter's wife basically killed him by accident?? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** kill · **To what, where:** him This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 732 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird's revenge, then the twelve dancing princesses begin» 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/732-pg2591-part8/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:t5:1 # text = so the carter's wife basically killed him by accident?? 1 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 carter carter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 basically basically ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past | the carter's wife | him *= he* | | | | by accident | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 {#o1} yeah, she threw the knife at the bird and hit him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:t5:o1:1 # text = yeah, she threw the knife at the bird and hit him 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | she | the knife | | | | at the bird | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent knife=Theme at bird=Destination | | 2 | **hit** | past | she *not said here* | bird | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} yes, he was hit when she aimed at the sparrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:t5:o2:1 # text = yes, he was hit when she aimed at the sparrow 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 hit hit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 aimed aim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sparrow sparrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | | 2 | **aim** | past | she | | | the sparrow | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, by accident ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:t5:o3:1 # text = yeah, by accident 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah, she swung the hatchet at the bird and whacked him instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:t5:o4:1 # text = yeah, she swung the hatchet at the bird and whacked him instead 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 whacked whack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 instead instead ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swing** | past | she | the hatchet | | | | at the bird | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent hatchet=Theme at bird=Location | | 2 | **whack** | past | she *not said here* | bird | | | | instead *property* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | **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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