--- title: Gutted for the old king, right? Why'd he cry? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling… · tree and pragmatics description: Gutted for the old king, right? Why'd he cry? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1008 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 219: John meets the princess and sees the garden of dead suitors» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/t11/) [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 Travelling…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1008-pg27200-part219/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 219… Gutted for the old king, right? Why'd he cry? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** gut, cry This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1008 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion, part 219: John meets the princess and sees the garden of dead suitors» 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/1008-pg27200-part219/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gutted for the old king, right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1008-pg27200-part219:t11:1 # text = Gutted for the old king, right? 1 Gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 right right INTJ UH _ 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | participle | | | | | | for the old king | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: 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. *Sentence 2:* Why'd he cry? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1008-pg27200-part219:t11:2 # text = Why'd he cry? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | would | king | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He was so sad at her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1008-pg27200-part219:t11:o1:1 # text = He was so sad at her 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | at her *= she*; sad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because he was very old ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1008-pg27200-part219:t11:o2:1 # text = Because he was very old 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He was so upset by her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1008-pg27200-part219:t11:o3:1 # text = He was so upset by her 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 upset upset ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | by her *= she*; upset *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} She hit him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1008-pg27200-part219:t11:o4:1 # text = She hit him 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | past | She | him *= he* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-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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