---
title: Nan says her old book called purple "for kings". What would have hap… — Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, war… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nan says her old book called purple "for kings". What would have happened if purple dye had been cheap back then? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, warm and cool» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool/t8/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/) / [Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, war…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool/) / t8

# Test 8 · ★★ · Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, warm and cool

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nan says her old book called purple "for kings". What would have happened if purple dye had been cheap back then?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Nan, old book, purple dye · **What happens:** say, call, happen, be · **To what, where:** old book, purple · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, warm and cool» of the arts 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/arts/13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool/#t8).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Nan says her old book called purple "for kings".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:t8:1
# text = Nan says her old book called purple "for kings".
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	purple	purple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Nan | Nan's old book |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent book=Topic |
| 2 | **call** | participle | Nan's old book *not said here* | purple for kings |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What would have happened if purple dye had been cheap back then?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:t8:2
# text = What would have happened if purple dye had been cheap back then?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dye	dye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
10	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | purple dye |  |  |  | then | cheap *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Purple would have vanished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:t8:o1:1
# text = Purple would have vanished
1	Purple	purple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | would · perfect | Purple |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing would change about who wore it or how much it cost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:t8:o2:1
# text = Nothing would change about who wore it or how much it cost
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
12	cost	cost	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wear** | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kings would have worn even more purple than before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:t8:o3:1
# text = Kings would have worn even more purple than before
1	Kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	before	before	ADV	RB	_	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | would · perfect · passive |  | Kings |  |  |  | purple *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lots of ordinary people could have worn purple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool:t8:o4:1
# text = Lots of ordinary people could have worn purple
1	Lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | could · perfect · passive |  | Lots of ordinary people |  |  |  | purple *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, war…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool/t7/)
- next →: [Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, war…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool/t9/)
- ↑ back to [Colours: mixing, the colour wheel, warm and cool](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/13-colours-mixing-the-colour-wheel-warm-and-cool/)