--- title: Was he proper sly when he pretended to be asleep, yeah? — Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: th… · tree and pragmatics description: Was he proper sly when he pretended to be asleep, yeah? Test 4 · ★ 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 o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/780-pg2591-part56/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/) / [Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/780-pg2591-part56/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks th… Was he proper sly when he pretended to be asleep, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t4:1 # text = Was he proper sly when he pretended to be asleep, yeah? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 proper properly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 sly sly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 10 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 12 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | pretend, properly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | asleep *property* | 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} no, he was awake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t4:o1:1 # text = no, he was awake 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | awake *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} yes, he lay still like a stone until the giants had gone away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t4:o2:1 # text = yes, he lay still like a stone until the giants had gone away 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 until until SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | he | | | | still | like a stone | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go away** | past · perfect | the giants | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, he faked it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t4:o3:1 # text = yeah, he faked it 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 faked fake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fake** | past | he | it | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, he faked it really well and the giants believed him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t4:o4:1 # text = yeah, he faked it really well and the giants believed him 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 faked fake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fake** | past | he | it | | | | well *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **believe** | past | the giants | him *= he* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | **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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