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title: why did the prince say it was high time to go home? — Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did the prince say it was high time to go home? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1133 «Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan in two, and the brothers meet again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan…

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why did the prince say it was high time to go home?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince, it · **What happens:** say, be, go · **To what, where:** high time · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1133 «Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan in two, and the brothers meet again» 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/1133-pg29672-part39/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:t9:1
# text = why did the prince say it was high time to go home?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	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	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	home	home	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | high time |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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The princess hates waiting for her tea, and the swine must be driven home before the evening meal

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:t9:o1:1
# text = The princess hates waiting for her tea, and the swine must be driven home before the evening meal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	swine	swine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	driven	drive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
15	home	home	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	before	before	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | the princess |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **wait** *not said to happen* | gerund | the princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for princess's tea | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **drive** | must · passive |  | the swine |  | the evening meal |  | home *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before meal=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His wife is waiting for her tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:t9:o2:1
# text = His wife is waiting for her tea
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present · progressive | His wife |  |  |  |  | for wife's tea | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The princess hates waiting for her tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:t9:o3:1
# text = The princess hates waiting for her tea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | the princess |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **wait** *not said to happen* | gerund | the princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for princess's tea | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The swine must reach the house now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:t9:o4:1
# text = The swine must reach the house now
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	swine	swine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | must | the swine | the house |  |  | now |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

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