--- title: Why did the sick king need that cow? — Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mo… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the sick king need that cow? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1068 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hailstorm sends Mongan into Faery, where a feast and a tale begin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1068-pg2892-part36/t7/) [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/) / [Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1068-pg2892-part36/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hai… Why did the sick king need that cow? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** sick king need This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1068 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hailstorm sends Mongan into Faery, where a feast and a tale begin» 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/1068-pg2892-part36/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:t7:1 # text = Why did the sick king need that cow? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 det _ _ 8 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the sick king need | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Eventuality | 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} So he could drink the thick boiled-down broth and get better ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:t7:o1:1 # text = So he could drink the thick boiled-down broth and get better 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 6 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 7 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 10 broth broth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 13 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | could | he | the thick boiled broth | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent broth=Patient | | 2 | **boil down** | participle | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} To drink the boiled-down rendering to cure his illness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:t7:o2:1 # text = To drink the boiled-down rendering to cure his illness 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 drink drink VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 down down ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 rendering render VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **render** | participle | | | | | | down *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **cure** | to-infinitive | | his illness | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} To cure his wasting sickness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:t7:o3:1 # text = To cure his wasting sickness 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 cure cure VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wasting wasting NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | to-infinitive | | his wasting sickness | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer sickness=Source | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} To drink the boiled-down rendering ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:t7:o4:1 # text = To drink the boiled-down rendering 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 drink drink VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 down down ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 rendering render VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **render** | participle | | | | | | down *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | **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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