--- title: Was the gold under his pillow, like, a proper trick? — Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: th… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the gold under his pillow, like, a proper trick? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 780 «Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks the witch, her maid and the lady, and turns the tables on them with salad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/780-pg2591-part56/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/) / [Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/780-pg2591-part56/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks th… Was the gold under his pillow, like, a proper trick? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** pillow This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 780 «Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks the witch, her maid and the lady, and turns the tables on them with salad» 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/780-pg2591-part56/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t11:1 # text = Was the gold under his pillow, like, a proper trick? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 pillow pillow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 like like INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | his pillow and a proper trick | | | 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 {#o1} no, the giants hid the gold beneath the pillow himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t11:o1:1 # text = no, the giants hid the gold beneath the pillow himself 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pillow pillow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | the giants | the gold | | the pillow | | himself *= he* *obl* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent gold=Patient beneath pillow=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yes, the heart did it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t11:o2:1 # text = yes, the heart did it 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the heart | it | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} yes, the bird's heart did it by casting a spell on him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t11:o3:1 # text = yes, the bird's heart did it by casting a spell on him 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 by by SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 casting cast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the bird's heart | bird | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 2 | **cast** | gerund | the bird's heart *not said here* | a spell | | | | on heart | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on he=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} yes, the witch did it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t11:o4:1 # text = yes, the witch did it 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the witch | it | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | **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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