Test 11 · ★ · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part…

Chill, how were the people going to get to the tub?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, people · What happens: chill, go, get

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1082 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 7: the Ogress-Queen orders her grandchildren and daughter-in-law to be eaten, the clerk saves them, and she orders a tub of snakes for them all» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chill	chill	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 going	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 going	advmod
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 going	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 people	det
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 going	nsubj
7	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Chill	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 get	mark
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 going	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 tub	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tub	det
12	tub	tub	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 get	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Chill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	chill	imperative	you not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	go	past · progressive	the people		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get	to-infinitive	the people not said here	to the tub result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to tub=Result

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

marched in a line by the guards with ropes around their necks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	marched	march	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 line	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 line	det
4	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 marched	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 guards	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 guards	det
7	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 marched	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 ropes	case
9	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 guards	nmod
10	around	around	ADP	_	12 necks	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 necks	nmod:poss
12	necks	neck	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 marched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	march	participle				a line		by the guards with ropes; around ropes's necks	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in line=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

hands tied behind their backs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tied	nsubj:pass
2	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 backs	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 backs	nmod:poss
5	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle · passive		hands		hands's backs			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

in a long line of chains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	in	in	ADP	_	4 line	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 line	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 line	amod
4	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 chains	case
6	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 line	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

with their hands tied behind their backs and gagged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	with	with	ADP	_	3 hands	case
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hands	nmod:poss
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hands	acl
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 backs	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 backs	nmod:poss
7	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tied	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gagged	cc
9	gagged	gag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tied	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	participle		their hands not said here		hands's backs			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	gag	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

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