--- title: What's the old woman in the tree wearing, mate? — Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mot… · tree and pragmatics description: What's the old woman in the tree wearing, mate? Test 9 · ★ 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 and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/871-pg27200-part82/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Little Elder-Tree Mother, part 82: Little… What's the old woman in the tree wearing, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old woman · **What happens:** be, wear This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t9:1 # text = What's the old woman in the tree wearing, mate? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 wearing wear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the old woman in the tree | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wear** | gerund | the old woman in the tree *not said here* | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A blue cloak with silver buttons ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t9:o1:1 # text = A blue cloak with silver buttons 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 buttons button NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A yellow robe with gold trim ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t9:o2:1 # text = A yellow robe with gold trim 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 trim trim NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A green dress with white blossoms on it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t9:o3:1 # text = A green dress with white blossoms on it 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 blossoms blossom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A red dress with black stripes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:871-pg27200-part82:t9:o4:1 # text = A red dress with black stripes 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 stripes stripe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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