--- title: The old bloke with no kids, he tells tales to other kids, right? — Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mot… · tree and pragmatics description: The old bloke with no kids, he tells tales to other kids, right? Test 6 · ★ 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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mother, part 82: Little… The old bloke with no kids, he tells tales to other kids, right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old bloke · **What happens:** tell · **To what, where:** tales, other kids · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t6:1 # text = The old bloke with no kids, he tells tales to other kids, right? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bloke bloke NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 right right INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the old bloke with no kids | tales | other kids | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Topic to kid=Recipient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, he loves other people's kids, proper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t6:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he loves other people's kids, proper 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 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | present | he | other people's kids | | | | proper *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he's a teacher at the school ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t6:o2:1 # text = Nah, he's a teacher at the school 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | he | a teacher | | the school | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, he sells sweets to the kids ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t6:o3:1 # text = Nah, he sells sweets to the kids 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sells sell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | present | he | sweets | the kids | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme to kid=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he's the boy's dad, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t6:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he's the boy's dad, innit 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | he | the boy's dad and innit | | | | | tree rules | **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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