--- title: Ngl, the peonies were proper sulking, weren't they? — Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22:… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, the peonies were proper sulking, weren't they? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 811 «Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a poor daisy while the proud flowers sulk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/811-pg27200-part22/t5/) [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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/811-pg27200-part22/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a po… Ngl, the peonies were proper sulking, weren't they? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** peonies · **What happens:** be, sulk, not be · **To what, where:** peonies This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 811 «Andersen's Tales, The Daisy, part 22: a lark sings to a poor daisy while the proud flowers sulk» 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/811-pg27200-part22/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t5:1 # text = Ngl, the peonies were proper sulking, weren't they? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 peonies peony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 7 sulking sulk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the peonies | | | | | proper *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sulk** | gerund | the peonies *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **is a** | past | | peonies *= peony* | | | | | 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} Nah, they were fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t5:o1:1 # text = Nah, they were fine 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, they were chill, bro, didn't mind the lark ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t5:o2:1 # text = Nah, they were chill, bro, didn't mind the lark 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 chill chill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 mind mind VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lark lark NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | bro *vocative*; chill *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **mind** | past · do-support | | the lark | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lark=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, they were, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t5:o3:1 # text = Yeah, they were, bro 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | they | bro | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, they were sulky, bro, glad they couldn't talk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:811-pg27200-part22:t5:o4:1 # text = Yeah, they were sulky, bro, glad they couldn't talk 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 sulky sulky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | bro *vocative*; sulky *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | they *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **talk** | could | they | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «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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