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title: what did people yell when they saw the palaces? — Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230:… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did people yell when they saw the palaces? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1019 «Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks a wise woman for help, and a cruel prince wins riches by destroying other lands» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did people yell when they saw the palaces?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** yell, see · **To what, where:** palaces

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1019 «Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks a wise woman for help, and a cruel prince wins riches by destroying other lands» 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/1019-pg27200-part230/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t10:1
# text = what did people yell when they saw the palaces?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	yell	yell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	palaces	palace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past · do-support | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **see** | past | people | the palaces |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"long live the king!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t10:o1:1
# text = "long live the king!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the king |  |  |  | long *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme king=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"what a mighty prince, what a great ruler of all the lands!"

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t10:o2:1
# text = "what a mighty prince, what a great ruler of all the lands!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	10	det:predet	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"what a mighty prince!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t10:o3:1
# text = "what a mighty prince!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"what a mighty prince, look at all those golden towers and marble halls!"

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t10:o4:1
# text = "what a mighty prince, look at all those golden towers and marble halls!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
10	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
11	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	marble	marble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	halls	hall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at all golden towers and marble halls | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tower=Theme |

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