--- title: Why did his mum not believe him at first? — Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Mo… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did his mum not believe him at first? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 777 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Mountain, part 53: Heinel is set adrift, wins magic gifts, and finds his queen about to remarry» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/777-pg2591-part53/t6/) [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 Household Tales, The Golden Mo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/777-pg2591-part53/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Mountain, part 53: Hei… Why did his mum not believe him at first? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** not believe · **To what, where:** him This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 777 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Golden Mountain, part 53: Heinel is set adrift, wins magic gifts, and finds his queen about to remarry» 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/777-pg2591-part53/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:777-pg2591-part53:t6:1 # text = Why did his mum not believe him at first? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **believe** | past · do-support | his mum | him *= he* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He was dressed in a dodgy shepherd's frock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:777-pg2591-part53:t6:o1:1 # text = He was dressed in a dodgy shepherd's frock 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:pass _ _ 3 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 dodgy dodgy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 frock frock NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dress** | past · passive | | He | | a dodgy shepherd's frock | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He had been gone for many long years ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:777-pg2591-part53:t6:o2:1 # text = He had been gone for many long years 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · perfect · passive | | He | | | year | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was too dirty ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:777-pg2591-part53:t6:o3:1 # text = He was too dirty 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | dirty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was dressed in a dodgy shepherd's frock and smelled of the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:777-pg2591-part53:t6:o4:1 # text = He was dressed in a dodgy shepherd's frock and smelled of the sea 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:pass _ _ 3 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 dodgy dodgy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 frock frock NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 smelled smell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dress** | past · passive | | He | | a dodgy shepherd's frock | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **smell** | past | | | | | | of the sea | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of sea=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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