--- title: why were the sisters stuck to the goose? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose,… · tree and pragmatics description: why were the sisters stuck to the goose? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 773 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 2: a cloak, a stick and a horse free the maiden, then Dummling's goose gathers a crowd» 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/773-pg2591-part49/t7/) [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 Golden Goose,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/773-pg2591-part49/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 2: a cloak, a… why were the sisters stuck to the goose? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sisters · **What happens:** be, stick · **To what, where:** sisters This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 773 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Golden Goose, part 2: a cloak, a stick and a horse free the maiden, then Dummling's goose gathers a crowd» 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/773-pg2591-part49/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:t7:1 # text = why were the sisters stuck to the goose? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the sisters | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stick** | past | the sisters | | | | | to the goose | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to goose=Co-Patient | 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} they touched it, couldn't pull off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:t7:o1:1 # text = they touched it, couldn't pull off 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | past | they | it | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | | 2 | **not** **pull off** | could | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} they were greedy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:t7:o2:1 # text = they were greedy 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | greedy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} they grabbed it, couldn't let go ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:t7:o3:1 # text = they grabbed it, couldn't let go 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grabbed grab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | past | they | it | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **not** **let** | could | they *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} they fed it, then they fled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:773-pg2591-part49:t7:o4:1 # text = they fed it, then they fled 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past | they | it | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **flee** | past | they | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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