--- title: wait, what's a burgomaster, anyway? — Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurge… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what's a burgomaster, anyway? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 967 «Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurgen is freed and travels to Skjagen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/967-pg27200-part178/t8/) [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/) / [Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurge…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/967-pg27200-part178/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurgen is freed and trave… wait, what's a burgomaster, anyway? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** burgomaster This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 967 «Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurgen is freed and travels to Skjagen» 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/967-pg27200-part178/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:t8:1 # text = wait, what's a burgomaster, anyway? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 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 burgomaster burgomaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | anyway *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | | a burgomaster | | | | | 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} A kind of old town clerk, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:t8:o1:1 # text = A kind of old town clerk, mate 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The bloke who runs the church and the harbour and the market and the jail, bruh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:t8:o2:1 # text = The bloke who runs the church and the harbour and the market and the jail, bruh 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bloke bloke NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 jail jail NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 17 bruh bruh INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present | the bloke | the church and the harbour and the market and the jail | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme church=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The mayor of the town, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:t8:o3:1 # text = The mayor of the town, mate 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mayor mayor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The mayor of the town, who decides who gets the money and who gets sent away, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:t8:o4:1 # text = The mayor of the town, who decides who gets the money and who gets sent away, mate 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mayor mayor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 decides decide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 gets get AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | present | the mayor of the town | | | | | mate *vocative* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** | present | | the money | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus | | 3 | **send away** | present · passive | | | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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