--- title: Did the old sailor and his wife plant a tree when they were kids? — Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mot… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the old sailor and his wife plant a tree when they were kids? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 871 «Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mother, part 82: Little Claus tricks Great Claus into the river, and an old man begins a story from the teapot» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/871-pg27200-part82/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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mot…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/871-pg27200-part82/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mother, part 82: Little… Did the old sailor and his wife plant a tree when they were kids? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wife plant, sailor · **What happens:** do, tree, be · **To what, where:** old sailor, kids This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 871 «Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mother, part 82: Little Claus tricks Great Claus into the river, and an old man begins a story from the teapot» 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/871-pg27200-part82/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t10:1 # text = Did the old sailor and his wife plant a tree when they were kids? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the old sailor and a tree | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sailor=Eventuality | | 2 | **tree** | | his wife plant | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | sailor | kids | | | | | 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 just watered the grass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t10:o1:1 # text = Nah, they just watered the grass 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 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 watered water VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **water** | past | they | the grass | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent grass=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, they planted a whole orchard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t10:o2:1 # text = Yeah, they planted a whole orchard 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 planted plant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 orchard orchard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plant** | past | they | a whole orchard | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent orchard=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, they dug a hole for a pond ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t10:o3:1 # text = Nah, they dug a hole for a pond 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dug dig VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | past | they | a hole | | | | for a pond | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent hole=Result for pond=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, they stuck a branch in the ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t10:o4:1 # text = Yeah, they stuck a branch in the ground 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stuck stick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | past | they | a branch | | the ground | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent branch=Theme in ground=Destination | **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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mot…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/871-pg27200-part82/t9/) - next →: [Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mot…, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/871-pg27200-part82/t11/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mother, part 82: Little Claus tricks Great Claus into the river, and an old man begins a story from the teapot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/871-pg27200-part82/)