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title: how'd the dude feel about his own time? — Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230:… · tree and pragmatics
description: how'd the dude feel about his own time? Test 2 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks…

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how'd the dude feel about his own time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dude · **What happens:** feel

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t2:1
# text = how'd the dude feel about his own time?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | infinitive | the dude |  |  |  | time |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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}

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like the good stuff was all taken already by others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t2:o1:1
# text = like the good stuff was all taken already by others
1	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	already	already	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · passive | others | the good stuff |  |  |  | all *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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like every story was already told by old poets, so nothing new was left at all for him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t2:o2:1
# text = like every story was already told by old poets, so nothing new was left at all for him
1	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	already	already	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	poets	poet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | old poets |  |  |  |  | like every story | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | past · passive |  | nothing |  | all |  | for him *= he* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
totally fine, he loved the vibe of his era

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t2:o3:1
# text = totally fine, he loved the vibe of his era
1	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	vibe	vibe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	era	era	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | he | the vibe of his era |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vibe=Stimulus |

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

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like everything was already written, so nothing new was left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t2:o4:1
# text = like everything was already written, so nothing new was left
1	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past · passive |  | everything |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | past · passive |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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