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title: What was the Prince doing out, like, on his way back? — Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the Prince doing out, like, on his way back? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1092 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidden in her donkey skin, works at a farm and the Prince spies on her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidd…

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What was the Prince doing out, like, on his way back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** do out · **To what, where:** way

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1092 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-skin, part 17: the Princess, hidden in her donkey skin, works at a farm and the Prince spies on her» 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/1092-pg29021-part17/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t9:1
# text = What was the Prince doing out, like, on his way back?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do out** | past · progressive | the Prince |  |  | Prince's way |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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he had been sent to bring the Princess back home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t9:o1:1
# text = he had been sent to bring the Princess back home
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · perfect · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring back** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  | the Princess |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument princess=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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coming back from the hunt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t9:o2:1
# text = coming back from the hunt
1	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | gerund |  |  |  | the hunt |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hunt=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he was carrying a message from the king to the farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t9:o3:1
# text = he was carrying a message from the king to the farm
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	aux	_	_
3	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · progressive | he | a message |  | the farm |  | from the king | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme from king=Initial\_Location to farm=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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riding back to the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1092-pg29021-part17:t9:o4:1
# text = riding back to the palace
1	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride back** | gerund |  |  |  | the palace |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to palace=Trajectory |

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