--- title: Wait, what time was he running out of before the door slams shut? — Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dum… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what time was he running out of before the door slams shut? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 774 «Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks end, and the youngest prince wins the dwarf's help» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/774-pg2591-part50/t4/) [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 Water of Life, part 50: Dum…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/774-pg2591-part50/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks… Wait, what time was he running out of before the door slams shut? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he, door · **What happens:** wait, run, slam, shut This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 774 «Grimm, The Water of Life, part 50: Dummling's three tasks end, and the youngest prince wins the dwarf's help» 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/774-pg2591-part50/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:t4:1 # text = Wait, what time was he running out of before the door slams shut? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 slams slam VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 14 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **run** | past · progressive | he | | | | time | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **slam** | present | the door | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **shut** | participle | the door *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} noon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:t4:o1:1 # text = noon 1 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} twelve o'clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:t4:o2:1 # text = twelve o'clock 1 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} one o'clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:t4:o3:1 # text = one o'clock 1 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} when the clock strikes twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:774-pg2591-part50:t4:o4:1 # text = when the clock strikes twelve 1 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 strikes strike VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | present | the clock | twelve | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=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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