--- title: Did the wife cry about the sailor being away, or nah? — Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mot… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the wife cry about the sailor being away, or nah? Test 12 · ★ 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 dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/871-pg27200-part82/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mother, part 82: Little… Did the wife cry about the sailor being away, or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** cry, be This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t12:1 # text = Did the wife cry about the sailor being away, or nah? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · do-support | the wife | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | about the sailor; away *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nah, she never cried about anything ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t12:o1:1 # text = Nah, she never cried about anything 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* | past | she | | | | | about anything | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about anything=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, she was just happy to be alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t12:o2:1 # text = Nah, she was just happy to be alone 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, she cried cos he took the car ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t12:o3:1 # text = Yeah, she cried cos he took the car 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | she | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | past | he | the car | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, she thought he'd drowned at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t12:o4:1 # text = Yeah, she thought he'd drowned at sea 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | she | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **drown** | past · perfect · passive | | he | | sea | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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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