--- title: why'd the guy in the castle say he's cool with the bench? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen… · tree and pragmatics description: why'd the guy in the castle say he's cool with the bench? Test 10 · ★ 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 dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/782-pg2591-part58/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Wha… why'd the guy in the castle say he's cool with the bench? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guy · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t10:1 # text = why'd the guy in the castle say he's cool with the bench? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the guy in the castle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | guy | | | | | with the bench; cool *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 {#o1} cos he sat there first ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t10:o1:1 # text = cos he sat there first 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | cos | | | there | | first *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} cos it's his, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t10:o2:1 # text = cos it's his, innit 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | his innit | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} cos it's mine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t10:o3:1 # text = cos it's mine 1 cos cos VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | mine | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} cos he sat on it, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:t10:o4:1 # text = cos he sat on it, bro 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | cos | | | it | | bro *vocative* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location | **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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