--- title: Wat did the garter say when he got too close, bro? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shirt Coll… · tree and pragmatics description: Wat did the garter say when he got too close, bro? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 976 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shirt Collar: a boastful collar loses every bride and ends as paper» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/976-pg27200-part187/t5/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shirt Coll…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/976-pg27200-part187/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shirt Collar: a boastful colla… Wat did the garter say when he got too close, bro? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wat · **What happens:** say, get · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 976 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shirt Collar: a boastful collar loses every bride and ends as paper» 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/976-pg27200-part187/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:976-pg27200-part187:t5:1 # text = Wat did the garter say when he got too close, bro? 1 Wat Wat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 garter garter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Wat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** | past | Wat | | | | | close *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} You're acting like a clerk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:976-pg27200-part187:t5:o1:1 # text = You're acting like a clerk 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 acting act VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | present · progressive | You | | | | | like a clerk | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like clerk=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} You're acting far too bold for a garter like me ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:976-pg27200-part187:t5:o2:1 # text = You're acting far too bold for a garter like me 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 acting act VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 garter garter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | present · progressive | You | | | | | for a garter; like me; bold *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like i=Attribute | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} You're acting like a man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:976-pg27200-part187:t5:o3:1 # text = You're acting like a man 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 acting act VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | present · progressive | You | | | | | like a man | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like man=Attribute | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} You're acting like a man who lies about his boots ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:976-pg27200-part187:t5:o4:1 # text = You're acting like a man who lies about his boots 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 acting act VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | present · progressive | You | | | | | like a man | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like man=Attribute | | 2 | **lie** | present | a man | | | | | about man's boots | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about boot=Location | **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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