--- title: why did the King go and open the locked door? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John… · tree and pragmatics description: why did the King go and open the locked door? Test 12 · ★ 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 an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/115-pg11027-part18/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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/115-pg11027-part18/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King… why did the King go and open the locked door? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** go, open, lock · **To what, where:** locked door This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t12:1 # text = why did the King go and open the locked door? 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 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the King | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **open** | infinitive | the King *not said here* | the locked door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 3 | **lock** | participle | | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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} cause John said it was fine, honest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t12:o1:1 # text = cause John said it was fine, honest 1 cause cause VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 expl _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | John | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} cause he couldn't stop himself, honest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t12:o2:1 # text = cause he couldn't stop himself, honest 1 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stop** | could | he | himself *= he* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector himself=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} cause he was bored ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t12:o3:1 # text = cause he was bored 1 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | cause *not said here* | | | | bored *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} cause he was told to by the crows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t12:o4:1 # text = cause he was told to by the crows 1 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 4 xcomp _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | the crows | he | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | **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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