--- title: what was the wicked prince all about? — Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230:… · tree and pragmatics description: what was the wicked prince all about? Test 8 · ★ 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 qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1019-pg27200-part230/t8/) [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, The Wicked Prince, part 230:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1019-pg27200-part230/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks… what was the wicked prince all about? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wicked prince · **What happens:** be This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t8:1 # text = what was the wicked prince all about? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the wicked prince | | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} conquering the whole world and scaring people ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t8:o1:1 # text = conquering the whole world and scaring people 1 conquering conquer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 scaring scare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conquer** | gerund | | the whole world | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Patient | | 2 | **scare** | gerund | | people | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} gathering armies to threaten every nation nearby ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t8:o2:1 # text = gathering armies to threaten every nation nearby 1 gathering gather VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 threaten threaten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 nearby nearby ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | gerund | | armies | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Theme | | 2 | **threaten** | to-infinitive | | every nation | | | | nearby *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus nation=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} conquering the whole world, scaring people, and building palaces from the loot of every town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t8:o3:1 # text = conquering the whole world, scaring people, and building palaces from the loot of every town 1 conquering conquer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 scaring scare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 palaces palace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 loot loot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conquer** | gerund | | the whole world | | | | building palaces from the loot of every town *obl* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Patient | | 2 | **scare** | gerund | | people | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer | | 3 | **loot** | | | every town | | | | | nom loot «possession transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} building huge palaces and stealing lots of land ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1019-pg27200-part230:t8:o4:1 # text = building huge palaces and stealing lots of land 1 building build VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 palaces palace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 stealing steal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 6 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | gerund | | huge palaces | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset palace=Product | | 2 | **steal** | gerund | | lots of land | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lot=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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