--- title: Wait, why did the brothers laugh at Jack? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dulla… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, why did the brothers laugh at Jack? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 819 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard, part 30: the Dryad vanishes at dawn, then Jack sets off on his Billy-goat and finds a dead crow and an old shoe» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/819-pg27200-part30/t13/) [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 Fairy Tales, Jack the Dulla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/819-pg27200-part30/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard, part 30: the Dry… Wait, why did the brothers laugh at Jack? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, brothers · **What happens:** wait, laugh · **To what, where:** Jack This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 819 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard, part 30: the Dryad vanishes at dawn, then Jack sets off on his Billy-goat and finds a dead crow and an old shoe» 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/819-pg27200-part30/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t13:1 # text = Wait, why did the brothers laugh at Jack? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 laugh laugh VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 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 | **laugh** | past · do-support | the brothers | | | Jack | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «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 {#o1} he was just silly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t13:o1:1 # text = he was just silly 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | silly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} he thought he could woo the Princess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t13:o2:1 # text = he thought he could woo the Princess 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 woo woo VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **woo** | could | he | the Princess | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} he wanted to marry the Queen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t13:o3:1 # text = he wanted to marry the Queen 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the Queen | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} he claimed he could win her heart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:819-pg27200-part30:t13:o4:1 # text = he claimed he could win her heart 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **win** | could | he | heart | her *= she* | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary heart=Theme | **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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