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title: wasn't John meant to be a proper loyal dude? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John… · tree and pragmatics
description: wasn't John meant to be a proper loyal dude? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 115 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King sees a portrait, falls in love, and sails off with its princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King…

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wasn't John meant to be a proper loyal dude?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** John · **What happens:** not be, be · **To what, where:** proper loyal dude

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 115 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King sees a portrait, falls in love, and sails off with its princess» 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/115-pg11027-part18/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t11:1
# text = wasn't John meant to be a proper loyal dude?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | John |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | John *not said here* | a proper loyal dude |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he's loyal to the King, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t11:o1:1
# text = yeah, he's loyal to the King, mate
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | to the King; loyal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he was meant to be loyal but he really went against the King and his father, sadly

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t11:o2:1
# text = nah, he was meant to be loyal but he really went against the King and his father, sadly
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	really	really	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	against	against	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | sadly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | loyal *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  | against the King and his father | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against king=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he's the faithful one, legend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t11:o3:1
# text = yeah, he's the faithful one, legend
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | he | the faithful one and legend |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he swore an oath to the old King and stuck to it through everything, proper loyal

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t11:o4:1
# text = yeah, he swore an oath to the old King and stuck to it through everything, proper loyal
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	stuck	stick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	through	through	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
18	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past | he | a oath |  |  |  | to the old King | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality |
| 2 | **stick** | past | he *not said here* |  | oath | everything |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through everything=Destination |

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