--- title: Why were the brothers so jealous, innit? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life… · tree and pragmatics description: Why were the brothers so jealous, innit? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 775 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest prince is cheated, then wins his bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/775-pg2591-part51/t11/) [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 Water of Life…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/775-pg2591-part51/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest princ… Why were the brothers so jealous, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brothers · **What happens:** be, innit This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 775 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Water of Life: the youngest prince is cheated, then wins his bride» 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/775-pg2591-part51/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:t11:1 # text = Why were the brothers so jealous, innit? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 innit innit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the brothers | | | | | jealous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **innit** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | 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} He found the water they sought ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:t11:o1:1 # text = He found the water they sought 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find 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 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | He | the water | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | | 2 | **seek** | past | they | the water *not said here* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because the youngest found the water they had wanted for years ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:t11:o2:1 # text = Because the youngest found the water they had wanted for years 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 nsubj _ _ 4 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 wanted want VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | the youngest | the water | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | | 2 | **want** | past · perfect | they | the water *not said here* | | | year | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He found the Water of Life that they wanted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:t11:o3:1 # text = He found the Water of Life that they wanted 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find 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 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | He | the Water of Life | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | | 2 | **want** | past | they | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He found the water they wanted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:775-pg2591-part51:t11:o4:1 # text = He found the water they wanted 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find 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 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | He | the water | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | | 2 | **want** | past | they | the water *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=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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