--- title: Like, why did the howling stop for good? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen… · tree and pragmatics description: Like, why did the howling stop for good? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/767-pg2591-part43/t9/) [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 Youth Who Wen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/767-pg2591-part43/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Wha… Like, why did the howling stop for good? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** howling stop This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» 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/767-pg2591-part43/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:t9:1 # text = Like, why did the howling stop for good? 1 Like like INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 howling howling NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the howling stop | | | | for good | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stop=Eventuality | 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} The dogs had gone off to find their old master ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:t9:o1:1 # text = The dogs had gone off to find their old master 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | past · perfect | the dogs | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | the dogs *not said here* | dogs's old master | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Topic | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The dogs had disappeared ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:t9:o2:1 # text = The dogs had disappeared 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappear** | past · perfect · passive | | the dogs | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The dogs had been freed by the youth's kindness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:t9:o3:1 # text = The dogs had been freed by the youth's kindness 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 freed free VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **free** | past · perfect · passive | the youth's kindness | the dogs | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} The dogs had all died ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:t9:o4:1 # text = The dogs had all died 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past · perfect | the dogs | | | | | all *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «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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