--- title: so wait, what's this dude even trying to learn? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen… · tree and pragmatics description: so wait, what's this dude even trying to learn? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 782 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 58: on the second night, half-men fall down the chimney and play nine-pins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/782-pg2591-part58/t1/) [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 Youth Who Wen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/782-pg2591-part58/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Wha… so wait, what's this dude even trying to learn? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, dude · **What happens:** wait, be, try, learn · **To what, where:** dude This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 782 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 58: on the second night, half-men fall down the chimney and play nine-pins» 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/782-pg2591-part58/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t1:1 # text = so wait, what's this dude even trying to learn? 1 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 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 | **is a** | present | | this dude | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **try** | gerund | this dude *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **learn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | this dude *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} how to dance ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t1:o1:1 # text = how to dance 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 dance dance VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} how to shudder ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t1:o2:1 # text = how to shudder 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 shudder shudder NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} how to fight ghosts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t1:o3:1 # text = how to fight ghosts 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 fight fight VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ghosts ghost NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | to-infinitive | | ghosts | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ghost=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} how to nap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t1:o4:1 # text = how to nap 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 nap nap VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nap** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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