--- title: Bro, what did the king say when he heard about the mirror? — Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror,… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, what did the king say when he heard about the mirror? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1137-pg3027-part3/t12/) [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/) / [Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1137-pg3027-part3/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa… Bro, what did the king say when he heard about the mirror? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** do, say, hear · **To what, where:** king · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» 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/1137-pg3027-part3/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t12:1 # text = Bro, what did the king say when he heard about the mirror? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Bro | the king | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Bro | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **hear** | past | Bro | | | | | about the mirror | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about mirror=Stimulus | 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} he sent his men out to find it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t12:o1:1 # text = he sent his men out to find it 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send 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 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send out** | past | he | his men | | | | out *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | it | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} he laughed and went back to bed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t12:o2:1 # text = he laughed and went back to bed 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | he | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go back** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | to bed *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} he got worried ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t12:o3:1 # text = he got worried 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 worried worried ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | he | | | | | worried *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he got proper troubled and started thinking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1137-pg3027-part3:t12:o4:1 # text = he got proper troubled and started thinking 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 proper properly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 troubled troubled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | he | | | | | properly, troubled *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **start** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: 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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