--- title: Which was the tailor's stated reason for leaping over the tree? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little… · tree and pragmatics description: Which was the tailor's stated reason for leaping over the tree? Exam question 2 of lesson 741 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the tailor tricks the giants and wins a place at the king's court» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/741-pg2591-part17/e2/) [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 Brave Little…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/741-pg2591-part17/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the… Which was the tailor's stated reason for leaping over the tree? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stated reason · **What happens:** state, be, leap · **To what, where:** stated reason, tree This is exam question 2 of lesson 741 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Brave Little Tailor, part 17: the tailor tricks the giants and wins a place at the king's court» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/741-pg2591-part17/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e2:1 # text = Which was the tailor's stated reason for leaping over the tree? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 leaping leap VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the tailor's stated reason | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **leap** | gerund | the tailor's stated reason *not said here* | | | the tree | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over tree=Trajectory | 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} He was chasing a deer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e2:o1:1 # text = He was chasing a deer 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 chasing chase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past · progressive | He | a deer | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The huntsmen were noisy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e2:o2:1 # text = The huntsmen were noisy 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 noisy noisy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the huntsmen | | | | | noisy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He said the giants were calling him from the cave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e2:o3:1 # text = He said the giants were calling him from the cave 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **call** | past · progressive | the giants | him *= he* | | the cave | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from cave=Source | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He claimed huntsmen were shooting in the thicket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:741-pg2591-part17:e2:o4:1 # text = He claimed huntsmen were shooting in the thicket 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 shooting shoot VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **shoot** | past · progressive | huntsmen | | | the thicket | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in thicket=Destination | **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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