--- title: Bestie, why did the prince leave on his trip? — Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Bestie, why did the prince leave on his trip? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1155 «Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1155-pg3027-part21/t11/) [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/) / [Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1155-pg3027-part21/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the fals… Bestie, why did the prince leave on his trip? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** leave, trip · **To what, where:** trip This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1155 «Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away» 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/1155-pg3027-part21/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t11:1 # text = Bestie, why did the prince leave on his trip? 1 Bestie Bestie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · do-support | the prince | | | prince's trip | | Bestie *vocative* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on trip=Location | | 2 | **trip** | | prince | | | | | | nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A big ceremony in a far city ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t11:o1:1 # text = A big ceremony in a far city 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} A state ceremony that his father demanded, held in a far city across the sea. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t11:o2:1 # text = A state ceremony that his father demanded, held in a far city across the sea. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 across across ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | his father | a state ceremony | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Precondition | | 2 | **hold** | participle | | a state ceremony *not said here* | | a far city across the sea | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} An urgent errand for the king. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t11:o3:1 # text = An urgent errand for the king. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 urgent urgent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} He must attend a big royal ceremony that lasts many days in a distant city. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t11:o4:1 # text = He must attend a big royal ceremony that lasts many days in a distant city. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 lasts last VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attend** | must | He | a big royal ceremony | | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ceremony=Goal | | 2 | **last** | present | a big royal ceremony | | | a distant city | day | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | **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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