--- title: Hang on, why'd the King go all mental about spindles anyway? — Tales of Past Times, The Sleeping Beau… · tree and pragmatics description: Hang on, why'd the King go all mental about spindles anyway? Test 2 · ★ 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 dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1081-pg29021-part6/t2/) [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/) / [Tales of Past Times, The Sleeping Beau…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1081-pg29021-part6/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Tales of Past Times, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part… Hang on, why'd the King go all mental about spindles anyway? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, King · **What happens:** hang on, go This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1081-pg29021-part6:t2:1 # text = Hang on, why'd the King go all mental about spindles anyway? 1 Hang hang VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 9 all all ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 mental mental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 spindles spindle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 13 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang on** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | anyway *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | present | the King | | | | | mental *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} He'd seen one kill his son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1081-pg29021-part6:t2:o1:1 # text = He'd seen one kill his son 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 kill kill NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · perfect | He | one kill | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He was scared of the old woman's curse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1081-pg29021-part6:t2:o2:1 # text = He was scared of the old woman's curse 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | of the old woman's curse; scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **curse** | | the old woman | | | | | | nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He'd made a proclamation banning them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1081-pg29021-part6:t2:o3:1 # text = He'd made a proclamation banning them 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 banning ban VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · perfect | He | a proclamation | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proclamation=Product | | 2 | **ban** | gerund | a proclamation *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He'd lost his favourite spindle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1081-pg29021-part6:t2:o4:1 # text = He'd lost his favourite spindle 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 spindle spindle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · perfect | He | his favourite spindle | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spindle=Eventuality | **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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