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title: So the Prince walked through the wood no bother? — Tales of Past Times, The Sleeping Beau… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the Prince walked through the wood no bother? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1081 «Tales of Past Times, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 6: the Princess pricks her hand, the palace falls asleep, and the Prince finds her awake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 11 · ★ · Tales of Past Times, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part…

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So the Prince walked through the wood no bother?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** walk · **To what, where:** bother, wood

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1081 «Tales of Past Times, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 6: the Princess pricks her hand, the palace falls asleep, and the Prince finds her awake» 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/1081-pg29021-part6/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1081-pg29021-part6:t11:1
# text = So the Prince walked through the wood no bother?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	bother	bother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **walk** | past | the Prince | no bother |  | the wood |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bother=Theme through wood=Trajectory |

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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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A hundred men had cut a path for him to walk through the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1081-pg29021-part6:t11:o1:1
# text = A hundred men had cut a path for him to walk through the wood
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past · perfect · passive |  | a hundred men |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary path=Product |
| 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | him *= he* |  |  | the wood |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He rode his horse straight through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1081-pg29021-part6:t11:o2:1
# text = He rode his horse straight through
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	through	through	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | He | his horse |  |  |  | through *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The brambles tore at him, but he passed through the thorns in the end

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1081-pg29021-part6:t11:o3:1
# text = The brambles tore at him, but he passed through the thorns in the end
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brambles	bramble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tore	tore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tore** | past | the brambles |  |  |  |  | at him *= he* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | past | he |  |  | the thorns | in the end |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through thorn=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The trees opened up to let him through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1081-pg29021-part6:t11:o4:1
# text = The trees opened up to let him through
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open up** | past | the trees |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **let through** | to-infinitive | the trees *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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