--- title: Wait, did they sail boats in a water-tub when they were little? — Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mot… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, did they sail boats in a water-tub when they were little? Test 11 · ★ 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 depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/871-pg27200-part82/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mother, part 82: Little… Wait, did they sail boats in a water-tub when they were little? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, they, boats · **What happens:** wait, sail, be · **To what, where:** boats, water tub This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t11:1 # text = Wait, did they sail boats in a water-tub when they were little? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sail sail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 6 boats boat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 tub tub NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? 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 | **sail** | past · do-support | they | boats | | a water tub | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme boat=Trajectory | | 3 | **is** | past | boats *= boat* | | | | | little *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} Yeah, they made a raft from logs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t11:o1:1 # text = Yeah, they made a raft from logs 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 made make 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 raft raft NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 logs log NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | they | a raft | | logs | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset raft=Product from log=Material | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nah, they sailed a real ship ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t11:o2:1 # text = Nah, they sailed a real ship 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 sailed sail 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 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | past | they | a real ship | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme ship=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, he cut his boat out himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t11:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he cut his boat out himself 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut out** | past | he | his boat | | | | himself *= he* *obl* | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector boat=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, they just floated leaves ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t11:o4:1 # text = Nah, they just floated leaves 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 floated float VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | past | they | leaves | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=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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